Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish contains two members. But with their big, bluesy-rock sound, you'd guess there were at least four members.

We're excited to bring you the 3nd annual Holidays on Highway 309 special, handcrafted by Ariele Jones.

Songs from Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, Lo Moon, Mannie Fresh, and Hurray For the Riff Raff were among the most played on WGLT in 2022.

Bloomington's Darrin Thompson parlayed his joy for music into a joyous debut EP titled "Milk & Chinese Food."

Longtime Central Illinois musician and bandleader Marc Boon said his marriage that brought kids into his orbit for the first time melted the selfishness away.

New music is the lifeblood of Highway 309. Here's a Spotify playlist of some of the new songs you're hearing when you travel this eclectic highway.

Mississippi Heat bandleader Pierre Lacocque gives a nod to his maternal grandmother and his wife on the band's new album "Madeleine."

Chicago-based journalist Catalina Maria Johnson will use music illustrations as a way of understanding the history, roots, and concerns of Latinos in this land when she appears at the Normal Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 6.

The Bloomington-based blues-rockin' band Old Smoke continues its music evolution despite key band member Adam Humphreys moving to Georgia.

Ahead of the Black Dirt Music Festival in Bloomington this weekend, Chris Vos of the Record Company digs into his story growing up on a Wisconsin dairy farm.