Band Spotlight

A 2011 performer at the Bedrock 66 Live! concert series and a favorite among Springfield roots rock fans, John Paul Keith returns to the capital city for a big stage slot at the American Music Show. Keith tours constantly with several weeks in Europe on the books for September, consistently laying down guitar boogie-woogie and […]

Raised in Folsom, Calif., Kelli Scarr made her way to music school in Boston and eventually arrived in Brooklyn, N.Y. After 10 years of bands and music making, including an Emmy nomination for a film score, Scarr landed an opening solo slot on the musician Moby’s world tour. She has since done vocals on his […]

Get a good look at how it happens, folks, as Brushfire, a locally based “upbeat rockin’ country” band makes a splash in the scene. Formed a few years ago, the boys are booked solid through the summer and beyond at places like Country Fest 2012 in Wisconsin, where superstars Brad Paisley and Keith Urban headline, […]

Last seen in Springfield on stage at the Hoogland for a Bedrock 66 Live! concert on Oct. 1, 2011, Zoe Muth has since continued on a veritable rampage of critical acceptance and festival appearances. Her soulful and bare bones country style captured the heart of purists who like for the music and the show to […]

From the ashes, rise again, goes the old saying, and with the 2011 demise of The Graduate, a local band done good, comes another group called The Sun and The Sea. Members Tim Moore (drums), Matt Kennedy (keyboards), Max Sauer (guitar), Jared Wuestenburg (bass) and Chris Rein (vocals) released a seven-song EP called Nightfalls on […]

Based out of Chicago, Bobby Conn considers music to be a vehicle for entertainment and puts on a wild and woolly show to prove it. Along with this valuable contribution to stage antics, he backs it up with really, really good music. Accompanied by his wife, the lovely and talented Monica BouBou, and an incredibly […]

These St. Louis performers are making a splash in the music business as young and ready up and comers. Reis made a quick transition from singing in church and school choirs to becoming a 2012 American Idol contestant. According to The Hollywood Gossip of Feb. 3, after hearing Reis at the St. Louis audition, judge […]

Rock veterans Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt decided one day to wander from their successful venture known as dada, a group responsible for popularly known songs like “Dizz Knee Land” and “All I Am” and take a hike to another land. Trading music bits while using odd phrases like “Methlab Zoso Sticker” and “Blackjack Moon,” […]

Using Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Crystals and Buddy Holly from days of yore, plus a mishmash of more modern cuts from the Ramones and the Misfits, Two Trick Pony forges a special place in the Springfield music scene by converting classic tunes into fuzz guitar-driven, punkish sounding anthems. […]

Joe Cooke, a staple as one the area’s finest classic-rocking blues guitarists for decades, joins Rick Wass on bass and Steve Kelton on drums, former members of the Havana Ducks and other bands, for a rocking country trio, called Thin Ice. The original lineup featured the more country angle of Tim Wallace on guitar, and […]