Draft Week served as the house band at Geos last year, playing a 4-hour set of covers every Thursday night. [...]
Band Interviews
Dear buzz, love Grandkids
As you may or may not know, we have been working on our first full-length record at Pieholden Suite Sound [...]
The Low Anthem
How do you maintain your sanity as an artist in a time when many musicians are becoming too comfortable with [...]
Garfield’s Garden
Sweaty dudes. Loud music. People packed in like sardines. Ahh… house shows. House shows are a staple of any D.I.Y. [...]
Do your Dastardly deeds
Chicago-based Dastardly is just about to release its second EP, and it’s a sonic doozy. It’s full of raw, folky [...]
Catching up with Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps
Upon the release of Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps’ debut Backyard Tent Set, Caroline Smith herself referred to [...]
Folk and Roots: Angie Heaton
Local folk-star and 15-year Parasol Records worker Angie Heaton won my heart. After only fifteen minutes on the phone with [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Blind Boy Paxton
Jerron Paxton known by his stage name Blind Boy Paxton is a solo blues and jazz musician who’s bringing back [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Pokey Lafarge
Pokey LaFarge told a St. Louis magazine he got the name “Pokey” as a kid for being a slow-moving, take-his-time [...]
CU Folk and Roots: Evil Tents
John Isberg seems to get inspiration from sources that can be easily overlooked by most people. He was motivated to [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Lee Murdock
Lee Murdock began his performing career over 35 years ago, and is still going strong to this day, performing at [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Dan Hubbard
Dan Hubbard is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Bloomington, Ill. He has slowly created a devout local following throughout the Midwest [...]
Articles
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A taste of Spain
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Break-up food pick me ups
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Written Perspectives
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Show Review: Dirty Feathers @ Cowboy Monkey 2.11.12
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- Dorothea Sieloff: A lot of the commments on this blog show that ther...
- Generally Awesome Tso’s Chicken « Food, Fashion and Facing the World: [...] friend Jasmine’s buzz article about Ge...
- An “A-Maize-ing” Taste of Mexico in Champaign « WELCOME TO CHAMPAIGN URBANA!: [...] was recently reviewed by Stacey Klouda on Th...
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