Highway 309

From March 12-13, Highway 309 devoted the entire weekend to women musicians and women-led bands. You heard pioneers including Aretha Franklin, Koko Taylor, and Judy Collins – and those making their mark today, like JGrrey, Sarah Shook, and Olivia Rodrigo.

This weekly updated Spotify playlist is a comprehensive array of the broad new music that has landed on Highway 309.

The pandemic brought the live music scene in Bloomington-Normal to a screeching stop in 2020. But many artists took advantage of the unexpected downtime to create new albums that bloomed in 2021.

Here’s a Spotify playlist to update you up on the rich gumbo of new music that has landed on Highway 309 in the past few weeks.

Central Illinois artists take a backseat to nobody when it comes to new music as evidenced in this Spotify playlist.

A Spotify playlist of all the new music added to Highway 309 in 2021, including the latest from Robert Finley, Dom La Nena, and Guided by Voices.

A Spotify playlist of all the new music added to Highway 309 in 2021, including the latest from Robert Finley, Dom La Nena, and Guided by Voices.

You never know what you’ll hear traveling Highway 309, but what you do hear ... will be good.Folk, pop, rock, soul, gospel, Americana, jazz, blues (and…

You've traveled Highway 309 with us during this turbulent year. To say thanks, we'd like to gift you with an hourlong special called Holidays on Highway…