I started last week’s column with a nod to the chilly weather, but this week it’s downright frigid, to put it nicely. The good news is both last weekend and the upcoming one brings a warmup just in time for all the live music action. Let’s go scrape the frost from the music listings and […]
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Music heats up
“Brrrrrr and boooo,” says the little guy inside me. And you know what, he’s right, though we did get a break from the cold stuff in time to somewhat enjoy last weekend. This upcoming one gives us Friday and Saturday with considerably higher temps, hopefully tempting you to live a little with some live music. […]
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January music doings
Here’s to all that holiday Happy New Year hodgepodge being gone and moving on to the regular music-making we do here in Now Playing land. We’re past the sizable snowfall earlier this week while anticipating a wee warmup just in time to make a break for live music doings this weekend. Let’s have a little […]
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2025 music is here
Yeah, I feel the same way as you do. How the heck did it get to be 2025 already? The last thing I remember was going to concerts promoted by Len Trumper at the Armory, and the next thing here we are fixing up the Armory, and it’s 50 years later. Oh well, all I […]
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Betwixt holidays and NYE
As far as entertainment factor times go, having Christmas on a Wednesday works very well to get the holiday behind us before the weekend appears, and this year that’s the case. The only problem comes with covering New Year’s Eve in the same issue as that night of all nights pops up next Tuesday. Let’s […]
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Twas the weekend before Christmas music
Yo, ho, ho (plus another ho) and a bottle of Christmas cheer will get you here, there and nearly everywhere this weekend as we wind our way through the Yuletide season. With the big day on a Wednesday this year, our upcoming weekend of entertaining entertainment opportunities has been left unscathed from the actual celebrated […]
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December-ing music
Hello, fellow music appreciators and participators, who are perhaps currently all decked out with lovely to-do lists accompanied by less and less time to accomplish said lists. As we approach mid-December, I invite you to join me in experiencing the wonders of the season as seen through our Springfield music scene and forget about those […]
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December music doings
Well, it certainly feels like December out there as Old Man Winter (whoever they are) showed up this week to be too cool for words. I suppose we can call it a good thing to remind us the winter holiday season is upon us and with it a slew of extra music in both quantity […]
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Thanks for giving music
Hey there, all you happy readers of Now Playing and Illinois Times, I’d like to say thank you, just for you being right here, right now, as part of our community. This week is Thanksgiving, of course, so I’m considering it a wonderful time and an excellent opportunity to say such things. We should also […]
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Family music and more
Here we come a-wassailing, among the leaves so green – no, wait a second – it’s much too early for that song. Let’s please get through Thanksgiving first, which is nearly as late as it can be with another week remaining before Turkey Day happens. Then we can plunge into all the hoopla surrounding the […]
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Impressive Impressions
The audience assembled this past Friday, Nov. 8, for “Paris Impressions,” the second concert in the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s new season, was treated to an audacious and vibrant time capsule of early 20th century Paris. Guest conductor Alastair Willis, who served as music director of ISO from 2012-2015, presented an engaging and thrilling evening of […]
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Fall into November music
No matter what season we are in, there’s always something and almost anything, plus nearly everything you need while never amounting to nothing week after week. So let’s go see what’s in the works out there. Thursdays are resurging, starting with the Thursday Night Live showcase at Motorheads, still going strong after several years. This […]
