Midwest Beat
Tuesday: 7-8pm
"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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Guitarist/producer/songwriter BRYAN BASSETT of the classic rock group FOGHAT is musical guest on this edition of "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. -
"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. -
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. -
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. -
Tonight's Musical Guest: JOE BONAMASSA, SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST & PRODUCER -
Musical Guest: WARREN HAYNES, SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST & PRODUCER -
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. -
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.
