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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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  • Them Coulee Boys play The Castle Theatre Wednesday night
    Them Coulee Boys Find Theme On New Album, Community In Eau Claire
    Them Coulee Boys frontman Soren Staff wanted the Eau Claire, Wis.-based band’s third album to hang together thematically. Like many bands, their first…
  • David Whiteis, author of "Blue Legacy"
    Chicago Author Places Blues In The Great African-American Cultural Migration
    Author David Whiteis believes blues music and blues artists don't get proper recognition as part of the great African-American migration of the 20th…
  • A Celebration of Life for Zac Hoeft "Straw" will be held Saturday night at The Castle Theatre
    Local Musicians And Friends Celebrate The Life Of Zac Straw
    Shawn Hoeft of Bloomington believes her son Zac would have celebrated his 29th birthday this year had the unknown gunman who killed him been exposed to…
  • Matthew Curry plays The Castle Theatre Saturday night.
    Matthew Curry Is Taming His Blazing Guitar
    Bloomington native Matthew Curry says his "guitar gun-slinger" days may not be completely over, but his sound should evolve.Curry returns to the Castle…
  • Joe Stamm presents his Country Rock Revival Friday at The Castle Theatre with guests Lick Creek & The Bogart Jones Band
    Joe Stamm's New EP A Home For Wayward Songs
    Joe Stamm said his version of country music contains rural American imagery and deeply personal songwriting.That personal touch shows on songs from a new…
  • Michael Mwenso & the Shakes perform "Harlem 100" Thursday night at The Krannert Center in Urbana
    Michael Mwenso Works To Dissolve 'Mysterious' American History
    Michael Mwenso's music destiny appeared after his mother was deported from their home in London to her native Africa.The two had immigrated from then…
  • Sherwood Forest's EP release party is Saturday night at the Coffeehouse in Normal
    New EP Has Sherwood Forest Glowing With Pride
    The principal songwriter and lead vocalist for the Bloomington-Normal folk-rock quintet Sherwood Forest said the group's new EP digs into personal…
  • Hot Sauce Universe during the live recording of 'According to Lore'
    Hot Sauce Universe: Recording Without A Net Is The Point
    Intentionally recording a studio album in front of a live audience can be perilous. What if the audience doesn't respond? What if the performers aren't in…
  • Chris Corkery's CD release party is Saturday night at Keg Grove Brewing Company
    Chris Corkery's New Album A Deep Dive Into Honky-Tonk
    Alcohol and anger fuel many of the original songs on the just released "The Gill Street Sessions" live album from Saybrook singer-songwriter Chris…
  • Good Morning Bedlam plays Nightshop in Bloomington Thursday night.
    Folk? Pop? Bluegrass? Good Morning Bedlam Says Yes
    Good Morning Bedlam is another young string band more inspired by — than tethered to — traditional bluegrass.Band leader Isaak Elker says an Avett…
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