Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, November 19,2009

Musical chairs if you dare

While going over highlights for the upcoming week, I saw this crazy quilt of music happenings that just seemed to conversely fit together. Somehow I was drawn like a moth to the flame to present these

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, November 12,2009

The value of open mics

By Tom Irwin

The number of open stages and jams listed in last week’s Illinois Times Pub Crawl was 13. That’s more than double from the six I found in the July 23, 2009, issue of IT and averages nearly

Music - Tom Irwin | Tuesday, November 10,2009

Upcoming Tom Irwin shows

Catch IT's very own Tom Irwin in his upcoming shows.

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, November 5,2009

Beyond the bars

By Tom Irwin

Looking over recent Now Playings I noticed we’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time in the bars and at booze-related venues lately. It’s true our libation-selling nightclubs consis

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, October 29,2009

Halloween happenings

By Tom Irwin

With the holiday landing on Saturday this year, Halloween parties at the bars abound, with private parties happening too.

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, October 22,2009

Online IT, open mics and other stuff

By Tom Irwin

Next week the Best of Springfield issue hits the streets and as always is highly anticipated, especially among the entertainment field participants.

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, October 8,2009

Backyard Tire Fire gets hot

By Tom Irwin

Backyard Tire Fire, the little trio that could from Bloomington, Ill., is smoking its way across the musical landscape of America, blazing a trail and firing up good solid music the entire way.

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, October 1,2009

Bedrock 66 and a political statement

By Tom Irwin

October starts on a high note and crescendos over the next few weeks with some righteously happening entertainment. Not that September was off key, but things are sounding sweet for good music in Octo

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, September 24,2009

David Cain, musician, artist and multimediac

Senses, the band, releases a CD

By Tom Irwin

David Cain is an artist, and with that title bears the weight of discovering ways to make ends meet both creatively and financially. As the president and chief employee of UMEDIA, his multimedia compa

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, September 17,2009

September selections

By Tom Irwin

Hello friends out there somewhere. Thank you for being a reader and taking the time to digest these few words for whatever purpose you choose. And with that let me also congratulate myself for startin