local music

The Telephone Junkies' Jacob Armbrecht (guitar/lead vocals) and Nick Kniss (guitar) join Community Voices to discuss a busy year involving two albums. Pax Telephona and War Junkies are envisioned to compliment each other as Armbrecht prepares to put the band on hold to travel and complete solo work.

Jamie Merideth and Phil Cooper update us on the latest output from Astrofix.

Nick Park and Aaron Davis of central Illinois band Fireside Relics stop by the studios to share their two new albums.

Keagan Cross and John Peters from The Lovelorn join Community Voices to talk local music and their new album.

Winner of the 2013 Atlanta Blues Challenge, Timo Arthur has spent the past thirty years working as a professional musician. Arthur currently lives in Springfield after stops around the world. His piano ballad "Sing Me Into Heaven (for Eva Cassidy)" won a Runner Up award in the 2017 Song of the Year contest. Timo visited the NPR Illinois studios to discuss his art on Community Voices.

This year's fair runs August 10-20.

Kristi Lecoq and Micah Walk are the musicians behind the Tater Tots, a musical duo which plays music for kids. They shared how teaching music led to the formation of their two-person band. They also explained how they educate and enterain kids with their fun music, which includes original songs and parodies.

Musician Ben Bedford shares his new album, Valley of Stars, and talks about Springfield as a base of operations.

Bob Boilen and Bobby Carter or NPR's Tiny Desk Concert encourage central Illinois musicians to enter Tiny Desk Contest by March 13, 2023.