Possibly it was due to the late Easter date or the fluctuations in climate from under freezing to 80 levels, together with windy, wet, sunny, cloudy and some different “y’s” days as nicely, however April positive appeared to come back and go in a rush. No matter how the time flies by, let’s examine what’s meandering round within the music scene throughout this final weekend of April.
Thursdays are our starting place and I see a few superb music highlights populating the primary cease in our column. On the Curve Inn now we have the Travis Ried Band, and that features Travis, a touring bluesman initially from the Burlington, Iowa, space who is predicated in Springfield now, on guitar and vocals. He is labored with James Armstrong and different main blues cats, whereas now out on his personal largely, utilizing a number of cream-of-the-crop native musicians together with Max “Loudnurse” Grevenbrock (from Berlin, the one in Germany, not western Sangamon County) on drums and Jeff Cunningham (the one and solely) on bass plus Dave Littrell (one other one and solely) becoming a member of on sax and second guitar for this gig. Anticipate distinctive music, and you will not be disillusioned.
Subsequent up on the not too long ago transformed Mom Highway Diner, expertise lifetimes of musical expertise when the Harris Brothers from Bustin’ Unfastened, Little Large Photographs and different incarnations of the Household Harris. take the stage space. What are you able to say, it is Allan, Shawn and John who’ve been enjoying collectively for, let’s assume, a very long time, and are nonetheless having enjoyable making nice music collectively that is filled with pleasure and unimaginable musicality. Go benefit from the present please, as a result of they positive do.
Transferring on down the street to Friday, you get to choose from some 30 acts on our listings web page together with a number of reveals now outside with the hotter climate upon us. That would come with John Drake bringing his blues and roots music on guitar and vocals exterior to the Bar Bella deck, Tater Soup Band dishing it up at Boone’s in its very good beer (plus meals and cocktails) backyard and three’s Firm holding court docket at Longbridge Golf Course.
Loads of well-liked native bands grace the bars together with The Brandy Kristin Band at Curve Inn, Rick Mari Band at Mowie’s, Jay Larson Band on the Fowl Tavern, Angel Brown’s Easy N’ Blue Band at Lime Road and Off the Wall at Weebles.
We’ve a couple of outsiders coming to city together with RADO, a four-piece “psychedelic groove rock” band from Denver on the Blue Grouch, Jaw Knee Vee, a one-piece “deep-fried lo-fi rawkabilly punk blues surf trash boogie woogie stomp” setup at Buzz Bomb and Raynes, a British-American “pop/folks/rock” trio from Los Angeles by way of North Dakota and England at Danenberger’s Household Vineyards with our very personal UNCHAiNED opening the present.
Cruising into Saturday, now we have solely (?!) 42 issues of the musical selection so that you can select from within the central Illinois neighborhood, so I like to recommend you are taking a peek on the listings whereas I transfer on to Sunday the place there are only a mere 19 (finally rely) reveals to peruse.
Within the “serving to out others” class, the Curve Inn (particular because of Ami Service provider for providing up so many Sundays for therefore many good causes) hosts Ruffs and Riffs, a fundraiser for the WILD Canine Rescue group with music by Deja Voodoo (1-3) and Lick Creek (3-6), plus some ways to donate to this most glorious group serving to save canine and place them in good properties. Please take a look at all the opposite goings on happening as nicely.
Gotta go now. See you in Could, possibly
