Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, and all our Christmas shopping, decorating, and preparing is underway, we can concentrate our energies on the finer things in life, like heading to the tavern and checking out a band. If you’re in a holiday hurry and need a quick dose of food and music, give Dempsey’s and […]
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What we learned at the School of Rock
How do you know you’ve “made it” in the music business? “When you’ve had a good show, you feel good, and everyone has had a good time,” says Rob Bell, lead vocalist for area band Roxschool. Using that as its measure, the group “made it” years ago and continues to do so two or three […]
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Springfield’s Park is back home to promote new CD release
So you want to be in a rock & roll band? Plan on spending lots of time in a van traversing the continent. Park, Springfield’s up-and-coming modern rock group, has logged about 60,000 miles in the last year, playing some 100-plus shows in 34 states, in an attempt to spark interest in their music. The […]
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Now Playing 11-27-03
Here are a few things more to add to your giving thanks list as you gather around the table on Thursday. Thank you for an increase in live music clubs, a more active and vibrant downtown, a large selection of area musicians and bands in varying degrees of music categories and talents, and a growing […]
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Now Playing 11-20-03
Shake a leg, folks, the Springfield nightlife is up and running. You’d better get a move on if you’re going to catch it. Frank Trompeter, Springfield’s popular saxophonist, leader of funk/pop/dance band elevator shoe, and man behind the curtain of the Innovators New Music Series, is striving to bring you the finest in avant-garde improvisational […]
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Squirtgun delivers a cure for a bad day
Quick! What do you get when you unite a college professor, a record label owner, a molecular geneticist, and a veteran punk rock record producer? You get pop punk legends Squirtgun! For the last decade, this Lafayette, Ind.-based outfit has been setting the standard for composing songs laden with infectious guitar riffs, sweet harmonies, and […]
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Now Playing 11-13-03
What do you want for the middle of November? Everything — at once? Okay, not a problem. Kick off your week with one of the best. It’s our gal pal, the Rockabilly Filly, the San Antonio Rose herself, Rosie Flores, on stage Thursday at the Underground City Tavern. Rosie recently released a solo acoustic CD […]
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We are women, hear us sing
In 1998, Champaign-based Amasong, a chorus consisting of only lesbians and feminists, won a Gay and Lesbian Music Association award — a GLAMMY — for its song, “The Water is Sweet Over Here.” For the gay and lesbian community, GLAMMYs are nearly as good as GRAMMYs. Listening to Amasong sing, a GRAMMY isn’t out of […]
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Now Playing 11-6-03
Howdy friends and neighbors. Come on in and take a gander. Hope you see something you like. “There is no ‘alt’ in my country,” claims Thad Cockrell, a young country crooner from North Carolina. With two albums produced by the highly-praised and little-known musician, Chris Stamey, and backed by plenty of critical acclaim, the picker […]
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Pickin’ and grinnin’ at the fairgrounds
Broken Grass and Tony Furtado and the American Gypsies will hoot and holler their way into the Capital City this Saturday, with a “Harvest Hoedown” that promises a roaring night of real music for anyone who loves live picking. Broken Grass came together in Carbondale, Ill., as a bluegrass band with a heavily subversive musical […]
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Now Playing 10-30-03
Don’t scare easily, you say? How terrifying is this — Halloween falls on a Friday night. That means every pub, bar, nightclub, thirst parlor, watering hole, tavern, saloon, juke joint, and any other legal libation station will be throwing a Halloween party. Most of them include costume contests with prizes ranging from promotional T-shirts to […]
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Ride easy and keep a horse saddled
Saddle up, pardners, let’s go for a ride through the wild, wild, world of Springfield saloons and see what kind of excitement we can muster. Frank Trompeterand elevator shoe, joined by one of our finest female vocalists, Trina Madonia, saunter into Floyd’s Thirst Parlor, Thursday night for an 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. show. The […]
