A paraplegic since 1983 and an acclaimed singer/songwriter since 1988, when he was Officially Discovered by Michael Stipe, Vic Chesnutt has enjoyed a long, prolific, and adventurous career. He’s cut albums with scores of supporting musicians — from countrypolitan iconoclasts Lambchop to jam-band stalwarts Widespread Panic — but no matter how dramatically his sound has […]
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sound patrol 4-21-05
It’s a shame that Martha Wainwright is blessed with such hypeworthy DNA. There are many other interesting, even important things to say about the Brooklyn-based, Montreal-reared singer/songwriter, but her genes won’t cooperate. Demanding obeisance, they elbow their way into the listening experience and prevent us from hearing things we might have noticed if we didn’t […]
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now playing 4-21-05
>What’s the point of having a two-night music fest for someone just turning 2 years old? First, the kid doesn’t get a real choice in who performs, so the selection is left to the parents. Second, the whippersnapper won’t be there because the shows begin after his bedtime. Third, who cares what the fest is […]
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music notes 4-21-05
Fans of contemporary rock and metal should be thrilled about this Low as I Friday night show at Viele’s Planet (126 E. Jefferson St., 525-9029). The local group recently toured briefly with platinum-selling act Saliva. Now with the major label band on hiatus, drummer Paul Crosby formed Solace for Now with old buddies and bandmates […]
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now playing 4-14-05
Those of you gazing and gawking this Saturday at the downtown Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum festivities will sooner or later need nourishment and refurbishment, both mental and physical. If sooner is better — say, 12:30-2 p.m. — drop by the Trout Lily Café, just two blocks south of the Lincoln Presidential Palace on […]
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music notes 4-14-05
Rest easy, friends of all ages: Your pals at Bread Stretchers (322 E. Monroe St., 217-753-3366) are back on the booking trail, bringing the finest in all-ages entertainment to downtown Springfield. Paradyme, Forum, and Din fill the floor on Friday, April 15. On Saturday, April 16, So Long Forgotten, Missing the Point, Midnight Falls, and […]
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sound patrol 4-14-05
Never mind that Beck looks approximately 15. Never mind that he previewed songs from Guero, his eighth album, on The O.C. He’s 34 years old, married, and a new father. Is it any surprise that his decision to re-enlist the Dust Brothers, the beat scientists behind his double-platinum Odelay, has been roundly dismissed as the […]
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now playing 4-7-05
When I think of goats and music, I have visions of the once-great and now-gaunt Greek god Pan tooting his flute while dancing through a forest glade. (Does the funk of Pan still exist if no one is there to smell it?) Given the ancient ties between frivolity, sexuality, and musicality wrought by the devilish […]
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music notes 4-7-05
Every Wednesday, now through the summer, Recycled Records (625 E. Adams St., 217-522-5122) will feature area music acts from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and stay open until 8. Last week, in case you missed it, Resident Genius played the first concert. On Wednesday, April 13, Josh Reilly, co-host of the Underground City Tavern’s Tuesday open mic, strums […]
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sound patrol 4-7-05
Apart from fame and riches, former Squirrel Nut Zipper Andrew Bird has it all. He is to the violin what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar, which is to say not merely a virtuoso but also a visionary. In Bird’s delicate hands, the violin is only a vehicle, the most convenient means by which to […]
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now playing 3-31-05
Eva Hunter got her first taste of the stage as a singing sibling in the Hunter Sisters when she was in her early teens. The native of Athens, Ill., has worked as a solo act for several years now, producing four original CDs in the last five years. Hunter’s road has not been paved with […]
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music notes 3-31-05
Not every band out of Nashville is country, and making the point is Thornton, a two-man group that performs sexually ambiguous rock material that falls somewhere between cabaret and gospel. The group is described as “experimental,” but the music is too melodic and listenable for that misleading term. Micah Walk, a local singer/songwriter with a […]
