Today we bring you a brand new music video and song from Springfield’s own Roddrick Lemar, one of the current HISO Music affiliated artists. This video was done in collaboration with HISO and 1782 The Movement. The video is for a song called “Can’t Tell It All” and you can check it out on the youtube player embedded below. As you can see most of this video was shot right here in downtown Springfield.
Also check out our vids/pics page for a long list of local music videos from over the years.
This is a post to let you know that we now have the brand new issue of Activator Magazine in stock at Dumb Records (for free). Nice. This issue features multi-instrumental recording musicianical, Mark Schwartz on the cover. A man who has came out with at least 6 or 7 albums during quarantine alone.
As usual, there are more album reviews and write-ups, a 217 scene report, poems… no upcoming show calendar this time (which is very understandable). Other interviews for this issue include… interviews with Flipside, Dan Vapid, the new Decatur group “The Rolling Sixes USA,” The Run Around, Ciraxis, Tello, Jeff Curtis Williams (DIM Art House), Morgan Fleck (Buzz Bomb Brewery), and Diana Thronley. All of this and much, much, more!!!
You can pick up a free copy of Activator Magazine at Dumb Records now, or various other locations around town. Be sure to help support this wonderful magazine by checking out their online Patreon page!!!
Today we are letting you know of more cancellations for major events usually taking place downtown this time of year. Most of this comes as no surprise. The following events are cancelled this year:
We were kind of looking forward to a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in September, but understand that once again safety precautions must be taken in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The good news in all of this is that parking downtown is still free, and free parking has been extended until Labor Day weekend, September 7th for now!
Here it is, last month’s Activator Magazine was building up to this moment… with two local heavy hitting rappers featured on the front cover, JunioR Pasáre and Meezy Killafield, the two are teaming up for this collaborative release, Byrds In The Killafield. You can check out the six song release streaming on the Youtube player embedded below. Find it on Apple Music right here.
TJ Bird (JunioR Pasaré) was also recently featured on local podcast “Squared Circle Squares” which you can check out right here. Both artists have remained active releasing solo music as well, Meezy Killafield released his Killafield Kronicles 2 last month. Yes, of course we have listed this one on our Springfield album archive page as well, with 37 local releases we have kept track of this year and that number is rapidly growing.
Today once again, we bring you another release by local solo recording musician Mark Schwartz. This is the last and most recent of Mark’s releases that we are keeping up with. So we are all caught up… for now?? This one is entitled Vesak EP and features just six tracks, shorter than Mark’s other releases. You can check it out on the player embedded below. Also purchase the download or find more music on Mark’s bandcamp page.
Of course we are listing this one on our Springfield album archive page as well, bringing us to 36 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.
Local hip hop project that we are not too familiar with Church The Voice has released a brand new four-track EP to go with the times called Social Distancing EP. You can check that out streaming on the youtube player embedded below. Church The Voice was interviewed in the most recent July issue of Activator Magazine.
We have added this one to our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to 35 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.
It’s a new! exciting new! week! over here at Dumb Records. It’s fair season, but the fair is not happening. A lot of things are not happening, but we do have a pretty good fresh stack of new and used records and CDs for you all this week. That’s right, our store is still open every day from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm downtown… wear a mask if you come. And if you would rather shop online from home, that is fine too, we have most of our entire catalogue up online right here! Our arcade is open every day during store hours as well. Let’s take a look at what’s new:
New LPs
The Beatles – Let It Be
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – From Out Of Nowhere
Sheer Mag – A Distant Call
Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started
Nsync – No Strings Attached
Shuggie Otis – In Session
Wilco – Schmilco
Used LPs
Alice Cooper – The Alice Cooper Show
The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe
The Beach Boys – Rare Early Recording
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven On Earth
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield
Carly Simon – Greatest Hits Live
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Royal Albert Hall Concert
Dave Grusin – Mountain Dance
Dave Grusin – Night-Lines
David Foster – David Foster
Dionne Warwick – 16 Greatest Hits
Disneyland – The Fox And The Hound
D Train – Something’s On Your Mind
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella In Hollywood
The Embryo Surveyors – A Gray Flash
Erroll Garner – Paris Impressions
Erroll Garner – At The Piano
Fairway Records – Roots of Rock And Roll
Gerry Mulligan – Jeru
Herbie Mann – Right Now
Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Johnny Winter – The Johnny Winter Story
Mark Lindsay – Arizona
Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There
Oliver – Good Morning Starshine
Otis Redding – The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Peggy Lee – Close Enough For Love
Perry Como – Season’s Greatings
Pete Fountain – The Sunsetters
Planxty – After The Break
Ray Conniff – Love Affair
Ray Conniff – Greatest Hits
The Rolling Stones – Made In The Shade
Scandal – Scandal
The Three Suns – Everything Under The Sun
Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
The Troggs – Best of the Troggs
Walt Disney – Cinderella
Walt Disney – Multiplication and Division
Wings – London Town
12” Singles
H.E.A.L. – Heal Yourself
Joanna Law – First Time Ever
Mr. Webb – Tales From Da Delph
Novel & Kool G Rap – He Can’t
Shalamar – My Girl Loves Me
Southern Conference – Dead Presidents
Trick Daddy – In Da Wind
CDs
Alan Jackson – Under The Influence
Alan Jackson – The Greatest Hits Collection
Amen – We Have Come For Your Parents
America – Hat Trick
America – Hourglass
Barbra Streisand – Je M’appelle Barbra
Barenaked Ladies – Stunt
Bette Midler – Divine Madness
Bette Midler – Some People’s Lives
Big Country – The Best Of: The Millennium Collection
Branford Marsalis Trio – Bloomington
The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing
The B-52’s – Party Mix
Christian McBride Band – Sci-Fi
Chuck Mangione – The Best Of
Chuck Mangione – Finest Hour
Claire Lynch – Out In The Country
Dan Seals – In A Quiet Room
Dion And The Belmonts – A Teenager In Love: Best Of
Dolly Parton – The Grass Is Blue
Dolly Parton – Super Hits
Doug Supernaw – You Still Got Me
Gerry Mulligan – Jazz Masters 36
Jenny Simpson – Jenny Simpson
John McLaughlin / The Free Spirits – Tokyo Live
John McLaughlin Trio – Que Alegria
Ken Navarro – Slow Dance
Laurie Anderson – Right Red
Laurie Anderson – Life On A String
Leontyne Price – God Bless America
Leontyne Price – The Ultimate Collection
Leslie Satcher – Love Letters
The Makoto Ozone Trio – Makoto Ozone The Trio
Marty Stuart – The Marty Party Hit Pack
Medeski Martin and Wood – The Dropper
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – A Jackknife To A Swan
Patty Loveless – Long Stretch of Lonesome
Paul Anka – Live
Paul Simon – You’re The One
Paul Simon – Anthology
Rick Nelson – Garden Party
Ricky Nelson – Live, 1983-1985
Ricky Nelson – The Legendary Master Series Volume 1
Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent
Various – Simply THe Best Classical Anthems
Various – Switched On Classics: Classics With A Beat
Wynton Marsalis Quartet – Live At Blues Alley
Wynton Marsalis – The Midnight Blues
101 Strings Orchestra – The Great Musicals
Local hip hop artist Dirty Da Don is at it again, with yet another new music video for another song off of his recent album, Project Legendary 5. This time Don dropped a new video for the song “STFU” at some point last month. This one was produced by “Eye 2 Animate” and is shot right here in downtown Springfield. Check out the video on the player below.
Also check out a long list of other local music videos from over the years on our vids/pics page.
Today we bring you a fairly new song from Jacksonville Illinois-based psychedelic rock project, The Dixie Narcos. This new song is called “Shake It (Baby)” and you can find it on the player below. The song presumably comes from a new album, which The Dixie Narcos are dropping more teasers for on their facebook page saying will be ready at some point next week.
The Dixie Narcos have released many albums over the last few years. Check out more of their music on their bandcamp page.
Although the Levitt AMP Music Series that was supposed to be taking place once again this summer out on the Y-block here downtown has been post-poned until 2021, the Levitt AMP site remains active and the foundation has also been active hosting online concerts. Springfield’s very own group, The Deep Hollow was featured as part of the online series late last month, and along with that the Levitt AMP site blog had a nice write-up spotlighting Springfield. You can check that all out right here. From the post:
Nearly 8,000 people attended the inaugural Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series last summer, and lawn surveys conducted by volunteers show an enthusiastic response from the community. Over 80 percent of respondents said that they would like to see a permanent concert venue in the space, and would regularly attend concerts if a permanent band shell was constructed. Other suggestions from the community include a dog park, tennis courts, food truck plaza, and more. “No one was using this block before Levitt AMP,” says (Lisa) Stott, “and now people see the possibilities.”
Keep following that Levitt AMP Springfield facebook page for more Levitt related going-ons and news on the 2021 season to be announced later on.
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