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Artist Profile: Local Troubadour Tom Irwin

Rachel Otwell/WUIS

Tom Irwin is one of Springfield's most successful, and certainly most visible, musicians. His songs have a timeless quality, often with a folksiness about them. On Sunday, he celebrates 20 years of playing once a week at Brewhaus bar in Springfield (617 E Washington St).  That event is from 7 to 10 pm, 10/25.

Irwin stopped by the WUIS studios to share these tunes and have a chat with us:

You can hear all the songs Tom Irwin performed for us in their entirety: 

IrwinSongs.mp3
Songs by Irwin, in order: All that Love, Let Me, The Delicate Flower, & Love Forever

Rachel Otwell of the Illinois Times is a former NPR Illinois reporter.
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