Front Street Music Festival

The five-piece band, led by brothers Russell and Everett Moore and Ken Anderson, makes its Twin City debut on Aug. 17 as co-headliners with Chicago's Mississippi Heat.

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

When saxophonist Lisella (pronounced: lee-SELL-ah) Martin headlines this Saturday’s Front Street Music Festival in downtown Bloomington, she’ll proudly bring with her to the stage the rich musical history of East St. Louis, a city often in the national spotlight for various troubles.

Billy Branch is a Chicago bluesman through and through. But he says many bands we now call classic rock had as much an influence on his sound as did the…