PHOTO COURTESY HIGHWAY KIND RECORDS With 22 show dates in 23 days, Moot Davis is on the move. Leaving his home state of New Jersey on Jan. 20, the country-crooner, singer-songwriter travels cross country playing duo dates with his guitarist Bill Corvino. Then by February, Davis hooks up with the rest of the band in […]
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Music relief for winter weather woes
The Angry Inch appear at the Legacy Theatre with Hedwig Thursday through Saturday this weekend and next. PHOTO COURTESY THE LEGACY THEATRE Oh my, isn’t that snow so pretty as it falls from the sky? Then how quickly it becomes ugly as we deal with the removal of said snow in order to continue our […]
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January heats up
End Times Trio plays The Pharmacy Jan., 19, 7 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY END TIMES TRIO With so many cool events this weekend, there’s no time to be cute or clever, so let’s get right to the meat of the matter and proclaim the host of happenings going on. First on the list comes the Road […]
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Ras Kass and Copywrite
PHOTO COURTESY RAS KASS On the road for their Writer’s Block Tour, national rap stars Ras Kass and Copywrite started in Yuma, Ariz., last week and continue to travel the country making a stop at Bar None during Torch Tuesday’s weekly hip-hop night. Ras Kass, formerly of the hip-hop supergroup The HRSMN along with Canibus, […]
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Juke House
Taking a cue and a name from the old “juke joints” of the 40s and 50s that hosted wild and crazy dance nights with groups doing the jump band style, Juke House revives the good-time music with power and purpose. Good musicians need to be playing to pull off the music of masters such as […]
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A cool event and more
Chicago Farmer plays Frost Fest at Donnie’s Homespun, Sat., Jan. 11. With the great freeze out of 2014 soon becoming a mushy thaw of a memory, it’s time to put the unfortunate show cancellations behind us and move on in earnest with live music in the new year. This week includes a cool, new, indoor, […]
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New Year news
Heyward Banks jokes and plays around at the Mason City Comedy Club, Jan. 3 and 4, 2014. PHOTO COURTESY BOB & TOM SHOW VIA YOUTUBE.COM Welcome to good-old, brand-new 2014, folks. Glad you could make it. To quote a favorite songwriter of mine, Greg Brown of Iowa way, “who woulda thunk it?” But here we […]
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This Must Be the Band
This Must Be the Band Coming from Chicago and claiming to be best, and incidentally, the only Talking Heads tribute band from the Windy City, This Must Be the Band likes being faux T-Heads a lot. How they best like to display this like comes in two formats. The first is a “note-for-note and prop-for-prop” […]
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Tim Easton
Tim Easton PHOTO BY TYLER MCCAY Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist Tim Easton gets around. His 2013 itinerary included Europe, Japan, Alaska, Texas, the East Coast and now a nine day run through the Midwest. The acclaimed performer, writer, rocker and all around, talented musician calls east Nashville home, but as you can see, doesn’t get to […]
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Lowder and Manning
PHOTO BY ANITA STIENSTRA If there was ever a dynamic duo in the performing singer-songwriter world, these two seasoned performers and musicians could most certainly fit the bill. The combination of Jill Manning’s rough and ready, lovely and literate voice backed by the superb and sublime, intense and intentional guitar playing of Jaigh Lowder is […]
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Loud Clouds
Loud Clouds When Chris and Joann Trudeau attended a concert that Chris described as “ear-hurting,” they thought, if the people listening could also participate, the outcome of the music might be better. Using what they termed, “crowd sourced jams,” as a firm foundation from which to proceed, Loud Clouds floated into existence. Grounded in reggae/rock […]
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Goings on galore
Suzie Stephens hosts a Ten-Year Reunion and Celebration of Ultraviolet, Sat., Dec. 7. 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Capital City Bar & Grill. PHOTO COURTESY ULTRAVIOLET Sporting a double album of new material and just off from a tour of the Netherlands, after a summer on the road singing backups for Roger Waters of […]
