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06/14/2006
Harlan Jefferson Presents Soul Explosion to Shogun
Contemporary Jazz Saxophonist Harlan Jefferson gave a whole lotta soul to the Silver Lounge on April 16, Easter Sunday night. > More
06/13/2006
On the Beet - 06/13/2006
We got some great events to talk about like Taste of Rockford, Midsommar Festival, Music in the Park and Starlight Theater.  I reveal my new moniker thanks to a very special person. > More
06/11/2006
Stressed? Try letting go from the very core of your being
Sounds difficult but it's not. The process involves releasing the psoas muscle, the largest and main core stability muscle and it's as easy as doing nothing at all. > More
06/11/2006
The Natural Singer Workshop

Find Your True Voice!

Sing Like You've Always Wanted!

All Levels Welcome!

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05/30/2006
On the Beet - 05/30/2006

If you missed Wing Ding, we've got three of the bands in today's show.  And there is a special "you won't wanna miss this" upcoming event.

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05/17/2006
The Richard Vobes Radio Show Tours the Coronado Theater

At the invitation of Beetcafe.com, the UK's most prolific podcaster, Richard Vobes, stopped by for a visit to the Coronado Theater during his Pods Across America Tour.  The Vobes tour has gone from Chicago to Wisconsin to Texas and back again during a two week tour of the Midwest. 

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05/16/2006
On the Beet - 05/16/2006
Wow.  Boy is this one a stinker.  But we have some great music from Blackmaker. > More
05/09/2006
On the Beet - 05/09/2006
It's Manley Pope week here On the Beet.  We have a number of events to talk about.  Plus our first On the Beet exclusive contest. > More
05/08/2006
Doris LaMarca Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

One of the winners of the RAMIs Lifetime Achievement Award for 2006 is one of Rockford's very first divas. Originally a student of opera at The Conservatory of Music in Rockford, opportunity knocked very early in Doris LaMarca's life.

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05/07/2006
Comedy Ink Presents: The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style.  Each of the players has brushed up on his "thee's" and "thou's" to bring you an evening of off-the-cuff comedy using the language and themes of William Shakespeare. > More
05/05/2006
Blackmaker and Wing Ding - Be Impressed
The chorus of one of Blackmaker's songs may say, "You've tried everything you can think of, and I'm not impressed," but Blackmaker is coming to Rockford's Wing Ding, and I'll bet you will be impressed if you get to see them. > More
05/05/2006
Black Stone Cherry - Modern Southern Rock Comes To Rockford
Along with seven other bands Black Stone Cherry will be tearing up the stage at Rockford's 13th Annual Wing Ding. The event will be held at The Rockford Speedway on the 28th of May, and it should be a great time. It's seems certain that this Edmonton, Kentucky group will be one of the highlights of the day's entertainment. > More
05/03/2006
Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar - Returns to Rockford - Again

For those who haven't had a chance to see the King (no not Elvis, this is the King of Surf Guitar) now you get another chance. This time around he's going to be playing the Midway Theater. If you missed him last time, what are you waiting for?

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05/03/2006
X51 - Here's To Diversity in Music

Their website's description of the band begins with "a power pop/rock band that delivers like a 500 mega ton bomb." It seems like a tough bill to fill, but X51 lives up to that description.

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04/30/2006
The Basement Blues Band - Time Flies When You're Having Fun

It seems almost unfathomable, but The Basement Blues Band (formed in 1983) is now in their 23rd year. That's a long time in terms of making payments on something or slaving at a job you don't like. But when you are talking something that's as good of a time as this band, it seems like nothing.

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