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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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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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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Swing that thing to Nick Curran’s get-happy blues
If the roots of the blues grew out of the pain and suffering associated with the African-American experience, the branch called rhythm and blues hides the anguish under the most joyous and swingin’ music found in the American songbook. It’s in this time of hepcats and swingers, honkers and shouters, juke joints and roadhouses, popularized […]
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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 […]
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Now playing 12-4-03
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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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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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 11-20-03
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 […]
