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Thanks for music

As we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday and ensuing weekend, please remember to add music to your list of items to be thankful for this year and all the time. Take a moment to actually notice

Band Spotlight

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 12:00 am

Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters

By Tom Irwin

Winners of the Rock Band award in our “Best of Springfield” poll for 2015, this band has steadily won a “Best of” category in music for the last several years. Considered the go-to popul

Music - Tom Irwin

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 12:00 am

Reuniting with Ruth

By Tom Irwin

We finally got the “cold and gray November days,” as grandma always called them, but inside our cozy venues, the music keeps us warm and dry, hopping and hopeful.Our first order of the day,

Band Spotlight

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 12:00 am

Jason Boland & The Stragglers

By Tom Irwin

These guys hail from Stillwater, Okla., and play what has become known as “Red Dirt” country music. The name comes from the color of earth you find in Oklahoma, and the band’s style lives

Music - Tom Irwin

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 12:00 am

Music matters most

By Tom Irwin

Ah, November comes and I feel the sadness and sorrow in my bones, even with these wonderful, extra sunny days. That normal slowing down of fall combined with the time change just knocked me for

Band Spotlight

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 12:00 am

Enamel

By Tom Irwin

With Kevin Wasmer (vocals, guitar) and Sam Ganci (drums) as the core of the band’s hard-hitting, melodic sound for several years, the recently recharged Enamel added Nick Beal (bass) and Tyler

Music - Tom Irwin

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 12:00 am

Sangamon Auditorium

By Tom Irwin

Along with our listings of usual and incredible music shows around town this week, we have an apology to make and an award to give. In last week’s Best of Springfield issue we inadvertently le

Band Spotlight

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 12:00 am

Guts Club

By Tom Irwin

Lindsay Baker, a former child beauty queen and inventor of incredibly adventurous and artistic videos with songs attached, is Guts Club, all by her lonesome. For a look into the life and times o

Music - Tom Irwin

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 12:00 am

Happy Halloweeners

By Tom Irwin

Always a big night for music, Halloween weekend 2015 seems extra special as All Hallow’s Eve lands on a Saturday. There will be plenty of parties, costumes, prizes, music and merrymaking in th

Band Spotlight

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 12:00 am

A Thousand Horses

By Tom Irwin

A real rock-country music band that’s having chart success while claiming influences from a “hybrid of English rock, country, American rock, soul and blues.” Michael Hobby (lead vocals), B