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Touring musician Andrew "Blaze" Thomas believes musicians must adapt to downtime the pandemic has forced upon them.The Bloomington-based drummer who tours…
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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…
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Springfield native Mary Jo Curry and her band are receiving much critical acclaim and airplay for their sophomore blues album "Front Porch." It’s an…
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Any blues musician will tell you that everyone gets the blues. But for the past few months, that line has changed to “nearly everyone now has the…
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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…
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Blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Ana Popovic said she mentally worked to overcome doubt when she crashed the male-dominated blues scene two decades…
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Acclaimed 37-year-old bluesman Brandon Santini has an award-winning new album and is edging into a newer sound.The North Carolina native said that…
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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…
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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…
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It's not easy to recapture the magic of a family music group after touring exhaustion kills the joy and the chemistry. Kansas City native Danielle Nicole…