On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens hired a small airplane to take them from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Moorhead, Minn., for the next gig in their “Winter Dance Party” tour. The plane made it about eight miles before crashing in a cornfield, killing everybody on board. The toll left […]
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Now Playing 1-29-04
Now we can officially call it winter — sensuous silver shadows dance as the brilliant snow cascades through the moonlit air. Crystal reflections of soft sunlight dazzle the senses with untold beauty. Oh yeah, and iced-over windshields, salt-filled gray mounds of half-frozen slush, and the inconvenience of slippery traveling. Take the good with the bad; […]
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Cool, sexy, guilty pleasures – who could ask for more?
The Springfield Classical Guitar Society features Russel Brazzel in its second concert of the 2003-04 season. The evening, Brazzel says, promises to be “strictly Spanish,’ featuring music never previously included in the artist’s repertoire. “The Serenata Andaluza [by Joaquin Malats], Variations on ‘La Folia’ [Fernando Sor], and the Torre Bermeja [Isaac Albeniz] are new, though […]
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Now playing 1-22-04
Howdy hi, live music lovers! Grab a barstool, throw your coat in the corner (watch for the spilled beer), and take a gander at the nightlife offered to you this week. An early evening Thursday search will bring you into the world of two Brians, Curtis and Cutright, that is. BC Squared kicks off the […]
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Now Playing 1-15-04
Hey there, Lincoln Landlubbers, whatcha doing this weekend? Why not try these terribly exciting and disparately challenging entertainment opportunities? The word is out — and the word is Posamist. I’m not sure what it means and neither does my faithful Webster’s, but it’s definitely a band and I’ve heard they are really good. They play […]
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Now playing 1-8-04
What goes better with frigid weather than a frosty cold one and dancing until you’re sweating like the winner of the Kentucky Derby? I don’t know, you tell me — I don’t have the answers, only questions and suggestions. Say hello to the capital city’s newest fun rock-n-roll group the Funaddicts. It’s the Bare Bones […]
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Local drummers explore the frontiers of percussion
Drumming is an obsession for Dennis Maberry, who started banging away on a drum set 25 years ago. For years, he played with rock bands until he couldn’t maintain a semblance of a normal life. He settled down, married, and got a job. Then, nine years ago, during a visit to Seattle’s World Percussion Festival, […]
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Now playing 1-1-04
Welcome one and all to 2004, the newest year on the block. With each passing year comes the opportunity for change and decisions that affect our lives. Of course, that really happens every day, but most people prefer a special occasion, like the coming of a new year to make the effort to change. Speaking […]
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Now Playing 12-25-03
Welcome creatures of the nightlife to a special holiday edition of Now Playing. What’s so special about it? Why it’s coming out during the holidays, of course. Our friends in Redd Skyy have some good news to report. At last reading, Lyman Ellerman, lead singer and co-songwriter of the group, had moved to Nashville on […]
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The continuing adventures of Marina V
In our last episode, Russian-born-and-raised singer-songwriter Marina Gennadievna Verenikina packed up her piano and split for LA in hopes of furthering her music career. If you remember, as a 15-year-old, the green-eyed girl beat out about 10,000 other Russian students to win a scholarship for study in the good old U.S. of A. The stateside […]
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Now Playing 12-18-03
Hey travelers, let’s take a little trip and hitch a ride on the holiday nightlife express. Keep your eyes peeled. You never know what you’ll find as we go along on our merry way. Springfield drummer and Chicago expatriate Greg Fundis returns home for a trip to the top of the Hilton at Jazz Central […]
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Now playing 12-11-03
Hey there nightlifers, while your head is full of gift ideas for Aunt Martha, cousin Billy, and that office co-worker you never pay attention to, cool your Yuletide jets at a barstool and let the live music take you away. Why should Christmastime be different than any other time? In the K of C Hall […]
