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Midwest Beat
Tuesday: 7-8pm
Hosted by Tom Lounges

"Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges" is a weekly radio program all about music and the people who make it. The show's mission is to promote and expose regional and national artists of various styles and genres. Especially when they have roots in the Midwest/Chicagoland area, or will be performing in the Chicagoland region.

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  • Midwest Beat: Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull, Rocks on Midwest Beat
    The musical guest for this program is IAN ANDERSON, an iconic musician that show hostTom Lounges has interviewed many times during various point in Anderson's career bothwith the band and as a solo artist.
  • MUSICAL GUEST: MALCOLM BRUCE of SONS OF CREAM
    "SONS OF CREAM" is a band featuring KOFI BAKER (son of Ginger Baker, Cream's drummer), MALCOLM BRUCE (son of Jack Bruce, Cream's bassist), and ROB JOHNSON (Ginger Baker's grandnephew). Together they celebrate the legacy of CREAM and related bands like Blind Faith.
  • Midwest Beat: Where Chicago Rocked
    For this edition of "Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges," the on air guests were co-authors of -- "THE FLIP SIDE: Where Chicago Rocked" -- the latest book released by Chicago publisher Eckhart Press.
  • Midwest Beat: I Bear Witness, Dan McNeil Joins Tom Lounges
    This edition of "Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges" welcomed Chicago Sports radio personality turned book author -- DANGEROUS DAN MCNEIL -- to discuss his new book "I BEAR Witness," published by Chicago's Eckhartz Press.
  • Joe Bonamassa Jams on Midwest Beat
    Tonight's Musical Guest: JOE BONAMASSA, SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST & PRODUCER
  • Warren Haynes Rocks on Midwest Beat
    Musical Guest: WARREN HAYNES, SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST & PRODUCER
  • Midwest Beat: Tom's Top-10 Regional Albums of 2024
    This edition of "Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges" has no guests, but instead features a countdown of the annual "Tom's Top 10 Regional Albums" list for the year 2024 as published in THE TIMES daily newspaper.
  • CARY BAKER -- Veteran Journalist and Music Industry Insider
    Show host Tom Lounges welcomes CARY BAKER -- an old friend and a respected fellow journalist to the program. A first time book author, Baker has created an amazing book about the history of street performers, known as buskers.
  • Gerhart Rocks On By In-Studio
    Tom Lounges welcomes into the studio Gerhart, from Northwest Indiana.
  • Local Music Lives on Midwest Beat
    This edition of the program features no guests. It finds show host Tom Lounges spotlighting original music selections from some of his favorite regional rock/pop/blues artists of both the past and present, from Northwest Indiana.
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