Band Spotlight

Known as one of Springfield’s finest presenters of modern radio rock, Broken Stone covers a range of groups, including contemporary bands like Breaking Benjamin, Velvet Revolver and Seether, along with classics from Dio and Mississippi Queen. In nearly four years of rocking the capital city and area towns at fairs, festivals, bars and clubs, the […]

With 36 shows in the can, including many at the main, local hot spot nightclubs, and an 11-song CD ready to shine, Deep Lunar Blue is rising like a full moon upon the lonesome prairie. Fronted by Randall Hall and Shane Quigley, a pair of songwriting, singing, guitar-slinging guys and with drummer JJ Moffat and […]

Formed in 2006, The Seething Coast draws its peculiar name from a lyric in a song by indie-rock legends The Mountain Goats. With Jason Perry on guitar and vocals matched with Jay Vanselow doing the same, the quartet fills out with Aaron Stallone on drums and Matt Natale, formerly of the Timmys, on bass as […]

A world-class jazz vocalist and her equally celebrated bassist husband makes Valentine’s Day weekend a special event at Remy’s on Monroe. The Chicago-based couple entertains with a drummer and pianist filling out the band and your hosts at Remy’s promise hors d’oeuvres, champagne and strawberries plus roses for the ladies. Murphy, a Chicago native, lays […]

Here comes a new band featuring several familiar area musicians including Brian Reilly (guitar and vocals), John Reilly (vocals), Mike Taft (lead guitar), Charlie Barnes (bass), Pat Miller (drums), and Rory Davis (assorted instruments). The band member pedigree includes associations with the Damwell Betters, Mugshot, Thunderbeast, From the Attic, Reel Channel Cats, Lazer Dudes and […]

Direct from the metro-east St. Louis area, Coldshot makes its Springfield debut playing for the Goulden Motorsports Fundraiser, a private party open to the public. Not one to mess around with subtle songs and obscure artists, the band consists of well-seasoned players Jeff Shanks (drums), Rod Whittom (lead vocals), Bill Boyd (guitar, keyboards), Brian Schifferdecker […]

A year ago, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles became the talk of the town after a bang-up performance at the Bedrock 66 Live! concert series presented by WUIS at the Hoogland Center for the Arts and sponsored by E & F Distributors. Since then our pop-rockin, alt-indie, kinda-countryish singing Sarah from Boston has been […]

For over 30 years, Jake’s Leg has faithfully and uniquely reproduced the music of the Grateful Dead while extending the spirit of the popular band through heartfelt lifestyle interpretation and imitation. The St. Louis-based group started as a guitar/vocal duo with Randy Furrer and Tim Fahy in the mid-70s, then later added lead guitarist Dave […]

Billed as an EP release-slash-going away party, the Brandon Carnes extravaganza this weekend is not your average concert. Son of local singer-musician Suzanne Carnes, the 20 year-old singer-songwriter is about to go itinerant and hit the mythical and mystical road by definitely “leaving Springfield indefinitely.” Harvest, the latest CD from this prolific young writer, contains […]

What do you mean you had no idea there was a band from central Illinois that just signed to a record label? Renae, a local, hard-hitting, hard-working, sorta, indie-rock band just hooked up with Hotfoot Records out of New York with all the good intentions of taking their sound national. The band, featuring Stephen, Brad, […]

One look says it all: these guys are living the rock band dream of wild times on the edge. Trash Martini hails from Chicago with Ral II and Erik Donner as the brothers behind the band. Offspring of Ral Donner (1943-1984), a Chicago native who scored a few Billboard Top Ten hits in the early […]

The band Thornhill, originally began when Tina Thornhill, lead singer, rhythm guitarist and namesake of the group, moved to Springfield from Ohio several years ago along with drummer Patty Kniss to play cover songs of the day, including those of Heart and other popular rock bands. After an early surge the group took a hiatus […]