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Bloomington-based The Something Brothers, who disbanded in the early 90s after relentlessly touring the country and flirting with major record labels, just released a new 14-song CD that follows a COVID-era 60-song triple album titled "Flak."
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Good Morning Bedlam has come a long way since its first EP in 2015. You can hear it in the evolution of the recorded music, the increasingly engaging live show, and the willingness to take musical and personnel chances. It’s one thing to be young and excited to hit the road. It’s another to sustain that energy.
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Peoria native Brianna Thomas on her new album reaches back to Nina Simone for current context, and writes about forgiveness on her new album "Everybody Knows."
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Great Value Jesus band leader Noah Renken-Kapatos says the borderline gaslighting of fundraising emails from former President Donald Trump inspired the name of the Bloomington band's new album.
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Folk-rocker (and WGLT Summer Concert headliner) Lilli Lewis writes about the homeless people and others she describes as "invisible" on her new album "Americana." She said these are the folks who helped picked her up when she was nearly homeless after running away from home.
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Americana singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton once defined professional success as selling out concert venues. That definition changed when success grew into something different and far richer than she had imagined.
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Bloomington folk-rocker Chicago Farmer speaks with WGLT's Jon Norton about his new EP "Fore!", his hero John Prine, and how he's thrilled to be back on tour.
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Jon Norton and Sarah Nardi revisit past conversations with Normal native Leah Marlene, who is now in the Final 10 to be the next "American Idol."
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Storm Angone believes the local artistic collective Nap House Studios has become an essential part of the Bloomington-Normal music scene.
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Tommy Castro and the Painkillers will play songs from their new blues opera and other favorites Friday night at The Stable Music Hall & Lounge in Bloomington.
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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.
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Normal West grad Leah Marlene's busy week included winning a Golden Ticket to appear on "American Idol," and her first new album in two years.