I see lots of exciting things on board for this week in the capital city. Let’s get to it, so as not to miss a thing. The inimitable Don Williams performs next Tuesday, June 16, at the Sangamon Auditorium. Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town, but you should go see the show. Williams is a […]
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Brushfire
Get a good look at how it happens, folks, as Brushfire, a locally based “upbeat rockin’ country” band makes a splash in the scene. Formed a few years ago, the boys are booked solid through the summer and beyond at places like Country Fest 2012 in Wisconsin, where superstars Brad Paisley and Keith Urban headline, […]
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Musical donations
Now that the SOHO Fest in lovely downtown Springfield is in the books for 2012, the controversy about the early closing of small festivals downtown will subside, but other events are approaching and the issue needs to be addressed. According to SOHO organizer Eric Welch, this “was the most successful event by far we’ve ever […]
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Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers
Last seen in Springfield on stage at the Hoogland for a Bedrock 66 Live! concert on Oct. 1, 2011, Zoe Muth has since continued on a veritable rampage of critical acceptance and festival appearances. Her soulful and bare bones country style captured the heart of purists who like for the music and the show to […]
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Making music on the fly
On Saturday the Hoogland Center for the Arts hosts David Cain & Senses featuring percussionist Paul Wertico in a program called A Feast for the Senses. The dinner features Chef Shaun Moore with Arena Catering and the music puts Wertico, Cain and the other musicians in a creative place of on-the-spot music making. I don’t […]
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The Sun and The Sea
From the ashes, rise again, goes the old saying, and with the 2011 demise of The Graduate, a local band done good, comes another group called The Sun and The Sea. Members Tim Moore (drums), Matt Kennedy (keyboards), Max Sauer (guitar), Jared Wuestenburg (bass) and Chris Rein (vocals) released a seven-song EP called Nightfalls on […]
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Meet the maestro
“The power of music can unite a community,” says Alastair Willis, brand new music director of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. “That’s what we all need to be striving towards. It’s really about ‘how can we do this together?’” Willis’s appointment is the culmination of an arduous search which began in July 2010 with the announced […]
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Bobby Conn
Based out of Chicago, Bobby Conn considers music to be a vehicle for entertainment and puts on a wild and woolly show to prove it. Along with this valuable contribution to stage antics, he backs it up with really, really good music. Accompanied by his wife, the lovely and talented Monica BouBou, and an incredibly […]
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Memorable Memorial Day weekend
Ah yes, here we are at the official kickoff of the summertime season. Once known as Decoration Day, we now have Memorial Day and it’s become a weekend. So as it sits, we are off to enjoy and indulge, taking in the extra fun with all the gusto we can muster. First let me make […]
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Curfew canceled. SOHO saved. For now.
Amid the many calamities occurring everywhere all the time, the Springfield music scene recently had our very own crisis to overcome. Mayor Michael Houston announced last Thursday morning on the Jim Leach Show (WMAY 970 AM) during a discussion about downtown and making it “a center of activity,” that certain street music festivals would be […]
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Reverend Raven & the Chain Smoking Altar Boys
Considered one of the finest traditional sounding, electric Chicago blues bands working the Midwest, the group, featuring the right Reverend on guitar and vocals, P.T. Pedersen SC on bass, Bobby Lee Sellers, Jr. on drums and vocals, Danny Moore on piano and organ, and Big Al Groth on saxophone, contains a couple hundred years’ worth […]
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Javier Mendoza and Reis Kloeckener
These St. Louis performers are making a splash in the music business as young and ready up and comers. Reis made a quick transition from singing in church and school choirs to becoming a 2012 American Idol contestant. According to The Hollywood Gossip of Feb. 3, after hearing Reis at the St. Louis audition, judge […]
