24 Jul 2001

St. Louis Headbangers Headline Cornstock at Halftime

By Jeff Ignatius
The St. Louis sextet Eli-Stone wields all the weapons that any militant industrial metal band needs: a propulsive guitar attack and rhythm section, unexpected tempo changes, hair-raising screams, spooky samples, ample aggression, and mechanical precision to spare.
24 Jul 2001

Blackthorn CD to Spotlight Local Talent and Help Charities

By Jeff Ignatius
Over the next few months, four weekends of music will be distilled into one compact document of the Quad Cities music scene in summer 2001. This past weekend, the Blackthorn Pub & Eatery in Moline began a four-Sunday series of concerts featuring more than 20 Quad Cities bands and solo acts.
10 Jul 2001

Surprisingly Edgy Outfits Fill Out Summerfest

By Jeff Ignatius
Among the summer festivals in the Quad Cities, none is more diverse than Summerfest, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, July 12 through 14, in The District of Rock Island's Great River Plaza. The event features carnival rides, live music, food, and on Saturday, an antique market that's new this year.
10 Jul 2001

Local Metalfest Set for Late July

By Jeff Ignatius
Cornstock at Halftime There's no motivator quite like a 14-year-old boy at loose ends. Robert Horton's son is that age. "He was bored, and he wanted to go to the Pig Pen [for the Pigstock music festival last month], but nobody would drive him.
04 Jul 2001

After Four Decades, The Holmes Brothers Get Their Due

By Jeff Ignatius
It's a grand understatement when Wendell Holmes says of himself and his sibling Sherman, "We have a great rapport and a great bond that a lot of brothers don't have." The two brothers have been performing as a team for 45 years, which is pretty amazing when you consider that Sherman is a mere 61 and Wendell a spry 57.
04 Jul 2001

Saffire Still Shines in a Man's Blues World

By Administrator
Gaye Adegbalola doesn't want it getting out that if it hadn't been for the departure of her high-school music teacher, "I probably would have gone into classical music." But fortunately for us, Adegbalola withdrew from music when her mentor left, taking science classes instead of playing her flute.
04 Jul 2001

Bluesfest Lands on Solid Ground

By Jeff Ignatius
For far too long, the 2001 edition of the Mississippi Valley Blues Society Bluesfest was a topnotch lineup in search of a venue. It was late last week that festival organizers finalized details on where more than 30 performers would play this weekend.
06 Jun 2001

Can Monster Magnet Save Rock?

By Jeff Ignatius
Dismiss Monster Magnet at your peril. It's certainly not difficult, but it's unwise. The band might be all that rock and roll has left. The five-piece New Jersey outfit has taken the Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin torch that Soundgarden carried in the early 1990s and stripped the 1970s-style heavy metal of its grungier self-loathing and self-importance of the past decade.
15 May 2001

Hornucopia 2001 Boasts Wide Variety Friday and Saturday in The District

By Jeff Ignatius
The Hornucopia festival this weekend in The District of Rock Island could fall into a pattern of sameness - with the requirement that all bands feature horns and with several outfits making repeat performances.
15 May 2001

Jazz Festival Mounts Strong Field

By Jeff Ignatius
Probably the smartest thing the organizers of the Eighth Annual Quad Cities Jazz Fest can do is leave Jim Widner to his own devices. Widner, the musical director of the festival and leader of the St.

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