Band Spotlight | Thursday, February 14,2013

Hard Road Blues Band

When Bruce Baise (guitar, vocals), Dave Marr (guitar, vocals), Craig Wood (bass, vocals), Mark “Doc” Janis (drums), Steve Jackson (saxophone, clarinet, flute) and “Bad” Bill Ro

Band Spotlight | Thursday, February 7,2013

Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers

By Tom Irwin

Son of the legendary accordion player and Zydeco master Rockin’ Dopsie, Sr., Dwayne “Dopsie” Rubin comes into his heritage honestly and avidly. Always a party when he comes to town w

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 31,2013

Deadstring Brothers

By Tom Irwin

Hailing from Detroit, Mich., these guys are more like Motor City alt/country rockers, described by many critics as producing a sound reminiscent of the Exile on Main Street period Rolling Stones. Fron

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, January 31,2013

February already

By Tom Irwin

After this odd week of weather contortions, I’m not sure if we are thawing out, warming up or freezing in, but I can assure you, no matter the fluctuating conditions of the climate, there is a s

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, January 24,2013

Hot music for cold times

By Tom Irwin

With these cold days upon us, what could be more appealing than checking out some hot music tunes for a thaw from this week of chilling weather?I recently received a warming message from Marina V, our

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 24,2013

Old School Dropouts

By Tom Irwin

Look out world, here come the Old School Dropouts, a new band formed by Springfield music scene veterans to play “old school” rock. First imagined as a rock power trio in 2011 with Dan Lup

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 17,2013

Deep Lunar Blue

By Tom Irwin

Original and classic rock jam band Deep Lunar Blue commemorates 120 shows as a band with a four year anniversary celebration this weekend. The rollicking band of Shane Quigley (guitar, vocals), Casey

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, January 17,2013

Fun with Greg Fundis

By Tom Irwin

Most frequently in this column, the musicians I interview are either in Springfield or from another place. This week I was very fortunate to speak with drummer Greg Fundis, a hometown hero now residin

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 10,2013

SPREAD

By Tom Irwin

From origins as a college jam band formed at SIU-Carbondale in 2008 of friends drawn together by intellectual and interesting likes, SPREAD continues in a progressive march across the Midwest sharing

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, January 10,2013

Re-solutions recommended

By Tom Irwin

Certain commitments known as New Year’s resolutions are commonly concocted around the beginning of a calendar year and generally concern a makeover of the self, often dealing with all kinds of w