Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 09:02 am
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...
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 06:16 am
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...
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 03:41 am
Me, oh my how the time does fly! Looks like we are into another year of life on Earth for those of us fortunate to be participating.As far as milestones for 2012, I think the best for me was seeing my...
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 12:19 am
As I titled this end-of-the-year column I had no idea that the last two years I had come up with the same catchy words to name my final “Now Playing” of the year. I guess I started a tradi...
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 09:36 am
With nothing else worth discussing this week other than the much purported and often promulgated “end of the world” coming on Dec. 21, 2012, here we go. I reasoned that spending, as Bob Dy...
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 08:51 pm
I must admit to being rather ignorant of rap and hip-hop music styles. I’ve heard certain artists and felt the influence of the genre in contemporary music, but overall I’ve not listened d...
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 05:29 am
For whatever reason, Springfield likes having the blues, at least when it comes to seeing bands that play the genre. And this month, just in time to thwart any possible pre-holiday, lowdown blue feeli...
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 01:39 pm
Most of the live music shows held at the University of Illinois Springfield, our still growing, four-year institution of higher learning on the southern outskirts of Springfield’s civilized worl...
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 04:10 pm
As reported in this column for the past several years, for those of you who care, the night before Thanksgiving is known as the biggest party of the calendar year for the live music/bar scene. Even la...
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 09:36 pm
The folk music of Ben Bedford
You’ve been warned, you won’t get far Life’s crooked as a scimitarCut the cord there ain’t no doubtThere’s one way in and one way out – John the BaptistSo goes the ...
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