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WGLT Music Podcast
Hosted by Jon Norton

WGLT's Music Director Jon Norton interviews big names and emerging talent from the music world as their travels take them into Central Illinois. Discover eclectic music spanning blues, rock, jazz, and more.

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  • New Bloomington Rock Band Finds Purpose During Pandemic
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Borbely said creating the debut album for the Bloomington-based Progressive Space rock outfit CAPS LOCK was almost…
  • Cindy Youngren and Tom Hopwood of Tambora
    Peoria Unlikely Home For New Flamenco Band 'Tambora'
    Peoria may not seem fertile ground for birthing a Flamenco band. But a side jam during the making of a compilation CD among area musicians grew into one…
  • Edward David Anderson performing during the summer of 2019 at the Black Dirt Music Festival in Bloomington
    How Central Illinois Musicians Have Adapted To The Pandemic
    The pandemic has hit full-time performing musicians especially hard. There are very few places to perform and in-person audiences are sparse, at best.WGLT…
  • Leah Marlene's debut LP is available now
    Leah Marlene Defies Expectations On Debut LP
    Singer-songwriter Leah Marlene's first full-length album is quite a curveball for those that came to her through her 2018 up-tempo, hook-laden debut EP…
  • Frank Black with WGLTs trophy for the Blues Foundation 'Keeping the Blues Alive' Award
    WGLT's Blues Doctor Frank Black Dies At 79
    Listen at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, for an hourlong special dedicated to Delta Frank, our legendary blues host. Listen on 89.1 FM or stream at…
  • Charlie Starr and Blackberry Smoke play the Corn Crib in Normal Saturday night
    Blackberry Smoke Feeling Fantastic To Be Back On The Road
    Musicians and concert promoters are working their way back into larger live music events. Blackberry Smoke headlines one of two shows this weekend at the…
  • The new album from V8 Vast Change is titled "Civil Disobedience"
    V8 Vast Change Brings His Social Justice Message To His New Album
    Dominique Stevenson has been a very public figure in Bloomington-Normal this year. He founded the youth-based Next Gen Initiative. The social-justice…
  • Normal IL rapper and visual artist Grill Billyenz
    Grill Billyenz Digs Into Darkness On New Album
    Rapper and visual artist Grill Billyenz of Normal says the darker industrial sound on his latest album "Metamorph" comes from the ghost-town feeling he…
  • Hoosier Daddy, l-r, Larry Wigand, Cindy Youngren, Dave Diefendorf
    Hoosier Daddy: Finding Comfort In Collaboration
    Releasing a new album during the coronavirus pandemic has a silver lining for the bluesy Peoria roots-rock trio Hoosier Daddy.Cindy Youngren and Dave…
  • Edward David Anderson plays Nightshop in Bloomington Saturday night
    Edward David Anderson Releases 'Live And Solo' Album; Geeked About Backyard Tire Fire
    Bloomington Americana singer/songwriter Edward David Anderson says his new "Live and Solo" album intentionally tried to capture where he's at in his…
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