Taking a cue and a name from the old “juke joints” of the 40s and 50s that hosted wild and crazy dance nights with groups doing the jump band style, Juke House revives the good-time music with power and purpose. Good musicians need to be playing to pull off the music of masters such as […]
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Wir Können
PHOTO COURTESY BLACK SHEEP CAFE Direct from somewhere around here comes “three guys who play music, sometimes sad, sometimes not,” with a name in German that means, “We Can,” complete with Germanic-styled umlaut and everything. Mostly Austin Connelly (guitar, vocals), Mitch Baker (guitar) and Avery Otten (drums) play birthday parties or at least they say […]
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This Must Be the Band
This Must Be the Band Coming from Chicago and claiming to be best, and incidentally, the only Talking Heads tribute band from the Windy City, This Must Be the Band likes being faux T-Heads a lot. How they best like to display this like comes in two formats. The first is a “note-for-note and prop-for-prop” […]
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Tim Easton
Tim Easton PHOTO BY TYLER MCCAY Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist Tim Easton gets around. His 2013 itinerary included Europe, Japan, Alaska, Texas, the East Coast and now a nine day run through the Midwest. The acclaimed performer, writer, rocker and all around, talented musician calls east Nashville home, but as you can see, doesn’t get to […]
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Lowder and Manning
PHOTO BY ANITA STIENSTRA If there was ever a dynamic duo in the performing singer-songwriter world, these two seasoned performers and musicians could most certainly fit the bill. The combination of Jill Manning’s rough and ready, lovely and literate voice backed by the superb and sublime, intense and intentional guitar playing of Jaigh Lowder is […]
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Whiskey Medicine
Ready for a shot of good music that will knock you for a loop like a good blast of decent whiskey? Welcome the high-energy sounds of Whiskey Medicine to the Springfield scene as band mates Heather Mundhenke, Mike Webb, Tim Bahn, Kevin Mundhenke, Eric Tinsley and Brian Earleywine bring a blend of established musicians all […]
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Off the Wall
What do you call a bunch of Springfield musicians who’ve played in bands for years, who like to get a little crazy and who love to push the musical envelope? How about Off the Wall with the killer lineup of Kip Nelson on vocals, Steve Marvel on keyboards, Dereck Usher on bass, Jack Stege on […]
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Smile Empty Soul
Here comes a Southern California alternative rock trio in support of a new record headlining a traveling rock show at Catch. Sean Danielsen (guitar, vocals), Ryan Martin (bass) and Jake Kilmer (drums) hit the road four weeks ago to cross America, starting out in Georgia, traveling through the Deep South, over to Texas, up through […]
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Studebaker John
Young John Grimaldi was born and raised in an Italian-American neighborhood in Chicago. His first taste of music came in the form of a harmonica at age 7. Soon he visited the famed Maxwell Street area, home to Chicago blues and became a lifelong disciple of the blues. After seeing a particularly exciting and exhilarating […]
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Terri Clark
PHOTO COURTESY CHEEKY MONKEY Terri Clark joined the prestigious Grand Ole Opry in 2004 as the only female Canadian on the show. She grew up in Montreal, where her maternal grandparents were well known country music performers. In 1987, her mom drove the aspiring artist to Nashville, dropped her off at the famed Tootsie’s Orchid […]
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Kentucky Knife Fight
PHOTO COURTESY KENTUCKY KNIFE FIGHT From a raucous beginning during an open mic night at the Stagger Inn Again in Edwardsville, Kentucky Knife Fight has grown through the years into a formidable, well-respected, award-winning group. Based in St. Louis, with members from the Springfield area, the rocking and rolling, edgy and bright, loose-lipped and tight-playing […]
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Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
PHOTO BY ROSIE WAGNER A performing songwriter since 2006, Ezra Furman hangs out in the indie-rock, folk-rock, original music land and calls Chicago home. With the Harpoons, the group delivers ferociously friendly sounding on-the-beat and in-your-face songs with sweet and sour lyrics balanced between personal experiences and existential dialogues with the universe as a conversational […]
