Springfield In The Running For Levitt Amp Live Music Grant (Help Vote)

Posted on November 9, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Our friends over at Downtown Springfield Inc. have notified us that our Springfield is currently in the running to win a grant for $25,000 to go towards music events in the downtown area. The grant is called The Levitt Amp Grant – here’s a description of the Levitt Amp organization from their site:

The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is an exciting matching grant program made possible by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national creative placemaking funder dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of America through the power of free, live music. With Levitt AMP, the joy of free, live music is bringing communities together in small and mid-sized towns and cities across the country.

While Levitt’s program of permanent outdoor music venues, each presenting 50+ free concerts annually, is tailored to large metro areas with populations of over 400,000 (due to financial sustainability and audience development considerations), the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards are specifically designed to meet the needs and capacity of small to mid-sized towns and cities.

Since 2015, the Levitt Foundation has awarded $1.4 million total to 29 communities across America through the Levitt AMP grant program.

Springfield is currently eighth place in the running. Go to the Levitt Amp site and vote right here – you will have to register on their site (which entails giving them a name and email address) before voting.

Downtown Springfield Inc. has reached out to us at Black Sheep saying they would like us involved in some of the organizing for at least one of the events if we win the grant!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on November 7, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Wednesday night and it’s been a minute since we’ve gotten in a new arrivals post for Dumb Records. Sorry. The record store (1107 South Grand East) has still been getting truckloads full of used hip hop singles every day, as well as plenty of other stuff. Expect a post on what the store is doing for Black Friday this year very soon. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the next week and then get into those new arrivals:

Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon- 8:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Albert Collins – Don’t Lose Your Cool
Albert King – I’ll Play The Blues For You
Barry White – I’ve Got So Much To Give
Basia – Time And Tide
Bootsy’s Rubber Band – This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N
Cat Stevens – Cat Stevens
The Chipmunks – Let’s All Sing With The Chipmunks
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions – ABC Collection
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Superstar Series
Dru Hill – How Deep Is Your Love
Festival: America’s Musical Roots
Gato Barbieri – Ruby, Ruby
The Impressions – The Impressions
James Taylor – Never Die Young
John Stewart – California Bloodlines
Nancy Wilson – Music On My Mind
Natalie Cole – I Love You So
Queen Latifah – Order In The Court
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Sam Cooke – This Is Sam Cooke
Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills
Styx – Man of Miracles
Sweet Comfort Band – Breakin’ The Ice
Tatyana Ali – Daydreamin’
The Temptations – Live!
Tim Weisberg – Tim Weisberg
Tim Weisberg – Hurtwod Edge
Triple Deep – Version 1.0
Various – Teensville

Used 12” Singles
112 – Come See Me Remix
Baby AKA The #1 Stunna – Looks Like A Job 4
Baby DC – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
Bathgate – Fuck That
Billy Lawrence – Come On
Busta Rhymes – We Gon’ To Do It To Ya
Busta Rhymes / Mariah Carey – I Know What You Want
Charli Baltimore – Money
Charli Baltimore – Charli
Cherish – Miss P.
Cherokee – Nectarine
Chingo Bling – Walk Like Cleto
Chingy – Holiday Inn
Chingy – Right Thurr
Cleopatra – Cleopatra’s Theme
Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise
Crooked I – Still Tha Row
Derek David – Jailhouse Rock
Dilated People – Worst Comes To Worst
DJ Quik – Hand In Hand
DMX – The Great Depression
DMX – Catz Don’t Know
Do Or Die – Playa Like Me
En Vogue – Riddle
Enchantte – I Like The Way (You Make Me Feel)
Gregory Abbott – Shake You Down
Jay-Z – Girls, Girls Girls / Takeover
Jaz-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / You Don’t Know
G. Dep – Special Delivery / Bad Boy For Life
Malik Yousef – The Great Chicago Fire
Marc Dorsey – If You Really Wanna Know
Mariah Carey – Boy (I Need You)
Mos Def – Ms. Fat Booty
Most Wanted – Jobs Jobs Jobs
Nas – One Mic / Rewind
Nelly – Dilemma / Air Force Ones
Nuff Ruffness – Spark’s Original Mix
Original P – Jump Up In The Air
Peter Brown – Burning Love Breakdown
Petey Pablo – I
Petey Pablo – Da Anthem / 919
Petey Pablo – I Told Y’all
Petey Pablo & Rasheeda – Vibrate
Professor Gruff – Blood Of The Profit
Puff Daddy – Do You Like It… Do You Want It
Rah Digga – Imperial / Do The Ladies Run This
Raheem DeVaughn – Until
Rahsun – Y’all Ain’t Crazy
Rahsun – I’ll Be Around
Ram Squad – Ballers (Up In Here)
Robert Miles – Children
Queen Latifah – Bananas
Queen Latifah – Paper
Royce Da 5’9” – You Can’t Touch Me
Styles P – GOod Times
The Theory – Wind It Up
TQ – Keep It On The Low
Usher – Pop Ya Colla
Vega – Let Me Get It
Will Smith – Will 2k
Willie Max – I’m Not Your Girlfriend

Arlin Peebles: “When You Need Me”

Posted on November 6, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Hey, it’s more new Springfield music! Today we are bringing you a stream of a brand new album from solo Springfield musician Arlin Peebles. You might recognize Arlin as co-host on Springfield web series The Studio Show or current drummer for Kate Laine. This is Arlin’s second full length album called When You Need Me. You can find it streaming in entirety on the player below.

Arlin is having a release show for his new album at The Studio this Saturday, along with a debut of a short film put together by some of the same creative minds that brought you The Studio Show. You can find more info on the facebook event for that right here.

We are continuing working on our ultimate Springfield album archive to properly be able to recap 2018 by the end of this year! Go check out that page right here!

Tonight at Black Sheep: (Comedy Show) Ryan Shores, Dan Bublitz, Larry Smith

Posted on November 6, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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There has been so much going on as far as shows go lately! Tonight ends the big long streak we have been having – it’s been six shows total in a timespan of seven days (wow). Tonight is going to be a little bit different – it’s a comedy show! We have two touring comedians coming for this one – Ryan Shores and Dan Bublitz. We have one local comedian opener and that is Larry Smith. We don’t have any music streaming on the player below for this one, because these guys are all comedians! You can read a nice background description on each one on our facebook event!

This show is starting at 7:30 pm and admission is $5. We will get the chairs out. Again, a facebook event is right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what is coming up at Black Sheep the rest of this year.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Alchemist Review (UIS) Presents Open Mic Night

Posted on November 5, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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What’s this? There’s something a little bit different going on at Black Sheep tonight! It’s an open mic night – but this one is not in fact your typical open mic night that we usually hold at Black Sheep or Dumb – this one is being organized by UIS group The Alchemist Review. We welcome any UIS or LLCC groups organizing events in our space! How great! This open mic is being formatted a little bit differently – time slots are only five minutes and it looks like they are going rapid fire from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm and the group welcomes poets, song writers, short skits, and more. We have a feeling time slots might even all be filled up, but you can email alchemistreview@gmail.com to inquire more.

This starts at Black Sheep tonight at 7:00 pm. We think it’s free? Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up in the near future.

November 10th at Black Sheep: KaBass, Mario, Ghost, Kid Nightmare

Posted on November 4, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

What’s up! Are you ready to hear what we have in store at Black Sheep next weekend? We are mixing things up and have this big electronic / dubstep show going on believe it or not. This is happening this upcoming Saturday, November 10th. Maybe it’s time for you to check out something truly new going on in the Springfield live music scene. Why not? This show features long running Springfield electronic project KaBass. We also have “Mario” aka “Funky House”? Who is also based right here in Springfield. Another group on this bill is “Kid Nightmare” coming from St. Louis. You can check out a 25 minute long piece by Kid Nightmare on the player below. The last group on the bill is “Ghost” – which apparently is some hip hop from Peoria! All sorts of great things going on!

This show starts at 7:00 pm typical show time and is just $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else we’ve got coming up at Black Sheep for the rest of this year.

Boon: “Social Anxylophone”

Posted on November 4, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We are a little late on this one, but we figured a lot of you probably still don’t know about this release that came out here in Springfield earlier this summer – so here is a post for it! Local group “boon” – may be going by a different name “Juner Boon” for this release – released a new seven-track group of songs called Social Anxylophone at the beginning of August. Check out those songs streaming on the player below. This makes the band’s fourth release following “1st Street” last year and since they started in 2011.

Boon the band is very mysterious – they have not played any shows since Downhome Music Festival back in August and they do not have anything lined up as far as we can tell. We’ve added this release to our Springfield album archive – go check that page out!

Tonight at CFP: Frail Body, Crowning, Capitol Offense, Final Order, Graveswitcher

Posted on November 4, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Hi, here we are on this dreary Sunday continuing our crazy six-day streak full of shows. Tonight there is nothing going on at Black Sheep – but there is a show going on at a house in town called the CFP (Centucky Fried Peanut) house. This one is for the touring act Frail Body from Rockford, Illinois up north. Cool! Also on this show is hardcore band Final Order from right here home grown and raised. Also homegrown hardcore and raised is Graveswitcher who just played here last night. Other than that, there’s Capitol Offense (hardcore heavy band) from Decatur. And opening things up it looks like… Crowning (no, actually they probably wouldn’t be opening up), from Chicago.

That is your show. Things start at 7:00 pm over there at The CFP, sorry we can’t tell you where the house is on there. $5 for the touring bands. Find a facebook event for that one right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a list of shows going on outside of Black Sheep (we are working on).

MAC: “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs”

Posted on November 3, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we are bringing you a stream of the hot new four-track EP from Springfield punk rock group “MAC“. The EP is called No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Why is their EP called that? Here is a description from the band’s facebook:

These were signs that hung on businesses windows in London the the 60s, 70s and the early 80s. Anti Irish discrimination was always part of the Irish/British history, it dates back to over 800 years ago. From the ’60s all the way through to the ’90s was a period in Irish history known as “The Troubles”. During this time it became increasingly hard for Irish people to live in the UK. The British government pushed their anti Irish scare because of the actions of the IRA and Irish were branded as drunks and terrorists. Being Irish myself, I have felt this discrimination in England. As a small child, I was beaten in my own backgarden by a random person, for no other reason only because I was Irish. Til this day there is still many who hold this view. I dont think I’ve been to the UK a single time without being called a Paddy Bastard.
As you can see on these posters it wasn’t any different for anyone else, be it black or brown.

Stream the full EP on the player below, also head on over to MAC’s bandcamp page to purchase the download. MAC do not have any shows currently lined up that we know of – they did just play the Black Sheep Halloween show this past week.

We are currently building up everything that has been released in Springfield on our Springfield Album Archive Page!

Comedy Show at Black Sheep on Tuesday, November 6th: Ryan Shores, Dan Bublitz, Larry Smith

Posted on November 3, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Have you ever asked why we don’t have more comedy shows at Black Sheep? Do you find yourself wishing there were more comedy shows in your life? Well, you’re in luck – this upcoming Tuesday, November 6th we have a comedy show lined up. Most of the comedy shows we have attempted in the past have been mixed with musical acts, this one is purely laughs. We have two touring comedians coming for this one – Ryan Shores and Dan Bublitz. We have one local comedian opener and that is Larry Smith. We don’t have any music streaming on the player below for this one, because these guys are all comedians! You can read a nice background description on each one on our facebook event!