Here we go with the annual Sangamon County Fair entertainment plus many more doings around our fair city. Need I remind you that your job is, yet again, a difficult task when it comes down to deciding how to spend your precious time by choosing what live music event to drag your lovely self to […]
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Greg Finger Band
Growing up in the suburbs of Cincinnati, a young Greg Finger became fascinated by the sounds he created on an old, out-of-tune upright piano his parents purchased for him while he was still in grade school. The possibilities contained in the mysteries of music-making drove him to learn different instruments and dream of what could […]
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Art music from the heartland
“I’m mostly interested in expanding the palette of sound,” said Chatham-based musician Mark Schwartz, who records under the name Forest Saints. “I don’t really see a distinction between music, noise and sound – it’s all fair game.”Recently, Schwartz has developed into a veritable one-man art-rock cottage industry. Over the past 12 months, he has self-released […]
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Wise up to Dumb Fest
I hate to admit this to you, my friendly readers, but today my eyes would much rather be staring at beautiful blue skies than the blue screen of the Macbook in my lap. Let’s get to it, shall we? Welcome to Dumb Fest weekend, which covers three days worth of very cool and extremely expressive […]
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Rays
Hailing from Oakland, California, bandmates Stanley Martinez (guitar, vocals, violin), Eve Hannan (bass, vocals), Alexa Pantalone (drums, synth) and Troy Hewitt (guitar, organ, piano, synth) are now on a month-long jaunt across America. Starting in Chicago and covering the Midwest, they’re working their way to Brooklyn and back, playing every day, somewhere, somehow from June […]
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LoG in to help out
Welcome to June of 2017. There’s a lot going on around here, so check out all the stuff in Illinois Times ads, the calendar, Pub Crawl and more. Then see if you can find the time to do it all. The big news on the music scene this weekend can be nothing but the Legacy […]
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Aileeah Colgan
Hailing from Peoria and recently signed to Green Show Records in East Peoria, Ms. Colgan is making waves in the regional music scene and heading for bigger things. She’s performed VIP pre-shows or opening slots for artists such as Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Shania Twain, RaeLynn, Rodney Atkins and Lee Greenwood. Aileeah grabbed first […]
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Boston Concert
On Tuesday, May 23, American rock group Boston made a stop at Springfield’s Prairie Capital Convention Center as part of their 2017 Hyper Space tour. Click through to view photos from Tuesday night’s show with St. Louis rockers and opening act Nick Bifano and The Innocents. Created with flickr slideshow.
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Memorable Memorial Day and more
Well, here we are, set to explore, exploit and explain another wonderful Memorial Day weekend full of fun and music. Let’s keep enough reverence to the reason for the celebration and respect the festivities while participating, but let the good times roll indeed. Always considered the beginning of the summer season – the solstice be […]
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Creole Stomp
You won’t find a better band replicating the sounds of Cajun and Zydeco through original songs and traditional tunes, but these dashing and daring musicians of high caliber cheerfully toss in a taste of contemporary blues and swamp rock to keep the party rolling. Led by acclaimed Creole-related, French-speaking-and-singing fiddler and accordionist Dennis Stroughmatt and […]
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Mid-May music making
Things are heating up weather-wise and in live music functions. All the outdoor venues are in full swing with the out-of-doors music festivals coming your way. Yippee! Thursday comes but once a week, and this one has a once in a lifetime (but seriously, folks … think about it, isn’t everything?) show happening at Bar […]
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Chris Antonik
Considered one of Canada’s most acclaimed blues artists since being nominated for the “Best New Artist” award in 2011 at the Maple Blues Awards, guitar-playing and songwriting bluesman Chris Antonik (pronounced “AN-tah-nick,” not “tonic”) is out and about promoting a new record titled Monarch. Called “big R&B filtered through a Canadian cloth captured with perfect […]
