WGLT Music Podcast
WGLT's Music Director Jon Norton interviews big names and emerging talent from the music world as their travels take them into Central Illinois. Discover eclectic music spanning blues, rock, jazz, and more.
Latest Episodes
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Them Coulee Boys Find Theme On New Album, Community In Eau ClaireThem Coulee Boys frontman Soren Staff wanted the Eau Claire, Wis.-based band’s third album to hang together thematically. Like many bands, their first…
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Chicago Author Places Blues In The Great African-American Cultural MigrationAuthor David Whiteis believes blues music and blues artists don't get proper recognition as part of the great African-American migration of the 20th…
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Local Musicians And Friends Celebrate The Life Of Zac StrawShawn Hoeft of Bloomington believes her son Zac would have celebrated his 29th birthday this year had the unknown gunman who killed him been exposed to…
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Matthew Curry Is Taming His Blazing GuitarBloomington native Matthew Curry says his "guitar gun-slinger" days may not be completely over, but his sound should evolve.Curry returns to the Castle…
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Joe Stamm's New EP A Home For Wayward SongsJoe Stamm said his version of country music contains rural American imagery and deeply personal songwriting.That personal touch shows on songs from a new…
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Michael Mwenso Works To Dissolve 'Mysterious' American HistoryMichael Mwenso's music destiny appeared after his mother was deported from their home in London to her native Africa.The two had immigrated from then…
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New EP Has Sherwood Forest Glowing With PrideThe principal songwriter and lead vocalist for the Bloomington-Normal folk-rock quintet Sherwood Forest said the group's new EP digs into personal…
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Hot Sauce Universe: Recording Without A Net Is The PointIntentionally recording a studio album in front of a live audience can be perilous. What if the audience doesn't respond? What if the performers aren't in…
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Chris Corkery's New Album A Deep Dive Into Honky-TonkAlcohol and anger fuel many of the original songs on the just released "The Gill Street Sessions" live album from Saybrook singer-songwriter Chris…
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Folk? Pop? Bluegrass? Good Morning Bedlam Says YesGood Morning Bedlam is another young string band more inspired by — than tethered to — traditional bluegrass.Band leader Isaak Elker says an Avett…