Stefan Hillsheim performs The Alamo this Monday for the Illinois Central Blues Membership-sponsored Blue Monday efficiency.
I began final week’s column with a nod to the chilly climate, however this week it is downright frigid, to place it properly. The excellent news is each final weekend and the upcoming one brings a warmup simply in time for all of the stay music motion. Let’s go scrape the frost from the music listings and see what’s on the market.
We start our exploits with a nod of admiration and a shout of exhilaration to Marina V, a well-recognized title in our music scene, regardless that she’s been dwelling in Southern California for many years making her music work within the business. Final week the gifted and industrious singer-songwriter and musician launched her newest track, “Symphony and Steel,” worldwide on all music platforms. The lyrics cope with “resilience and by no means giving up,” and was co-written together with her husband, drummer and collaborator, Nick Baker. The recording band additionally brings aboard longtime Marina V pals and well-known musicians Bruce Kulick from KISS and David Ellefson from Megadeth, together with composer Steve Horner arranging the strings plus garnering producer credit. Take a look at the track and share, add and all that stuff as a lot as you possibly can, serving to out our pal and shining gentle, whereas treating your self to chill music as nicely.
Warming up on Friday night time, because the temps rise so do the variety of gigs with a stable 17 exhibits within the listings together with Smokestacks using the traditional blues wagon into George Rank’s, Branded burning one on the Curve Inn, 3’s Firm transferring into Weebles, Blue Notice Quintet jazzing it up with legendary saxophonist Buddy Rogers at Lime Road Cafe (they’re on for Saturday night time as nicely) and Experience Pink roaring proper down Motorheads’ massive stage to call drop all of the native bands on the town.
Saturday is again on high lately because the main contender for many music occurring with some 30 spots on the calendar ranging in every kind of musical instructions. There are a few high quality singer-songwriter styled acoustic exhibits occurring in Petersburg with Ethan Taylor Stephenson at 1st & third Wine Boutique (3-6) and Devin C. Williams and Cody Lee Moomey at Broadgauge (7:30 begin time for the final occasion for now at this glorious venue). The Blue Grouch goes heavy into the steel with a three-band extravaganza of Scattergun, Grasp Bastard and Black Season Witch, whereas BuK brings on the bang at Mowie’s Cue and Jeff Younger and the Dangerous Grandpas tear it up at Brookhills (4-7). The blues duo of John Drake and Chris Camp roll into Buzz Bomb Brewing Co. and Thomas J. Beverly and Geoff Ryan do their duo at Bloom Wine for downtown gigs, whereas Kyle Valtille delivers his solo acoustic hits at Harvest Market Farmhouse Brews.
Sunday rhymes with funday so let’s start with Frank Parker’s Jambalaya Jam on the transformed Brewhaus (4-7) that includes jazz cats doing their factor with invitations to performers to come back sit in. Frank ran the unique Jam/Jam on Mondays for years within the outdated Brewhaus days and is now again along with his horn, making the stay music magic stay once more.
We hardly make it to Monday, however , it additionally rhymes with funday, so right here we go along with Stefan Hillesheim blues-ing up the Alamo and Silas & Joel internet hosting their open mic at Brewhaus, only a block away from one another, whereas Al Kitchen cleans up at Fulgenzi’s.
Welcome to the thaw and see you subsequent week.
