Search results for

For the first time in college football history, 12 teams are set to take part in a playoff at the top level of the sport. It means they'll face more competition than ever before for the title.

Tune in to hear double shots from the latest albums by WARREN HAYNES and DEREK CARUSO & THE BLUES FUSE at the top of the first hour of the show.

My guest this evening is Northwest Indiana singer/songwriter T.J. AUBUCHON whose debut CD -- "EDGE OF NIGHT" landed at #8 on my 2022 annual listing -- Tom's Top 10 Regional Albums of the Year -- published in The Northwest Indiana Times daily newspaper.

The four participating bands represented as guests on this program were -- FloodPlane, Lola Bunnie, Thourn and Departure -- each an original music group hoping to score the top prize of a four hour recording package at The Spot Recording Studio in Schneider, Indiana.

The traditional college football season finale between Indiana and Purdue became of victim of covid 19 yesterday. And what made Wednesday even worse (at…

Dana Evans continues to amaze. The Gary West Side grad/Louisville hoopster added to her resume yesterday, one week after being named women's college…

An iconic entertainer, TONY ORLANDO, has been in show business since the age of 15, as a songwriter, producer, record label executive, television variety host and hit-making recording artist with 19 Top 40 charted singles, including three Top 5 hits --"Candido," "Knock Three Times," "Sweet Gypsy Rose," "He Don't Love You Like I Love You," and his internationally famous signature song, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ol' Oak Tree."Currently back on the road and touring with his good friend and fellow show biz legend WAYNE NEWTON, the entertainment duo which Orlando describes as "the last of the old school Vegas-style acts still on the road," will be performing this Saturday at The Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.Tonight, I talk with Orlando about his fabulous 64-year career in the entertainment business -- on stage, on television, and behind the scenes. Some of our chat will including his sharing some very unique stories about some of his biggest hits, the impact that "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" has had on American veterans over the decades, and how he has "backed into" some of the biggest breaks of his career.

NWI music maker JOE MARCINEK stops by the Lakeshore Public Media studio on "Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges."Marcinek will debut for the first time on radio, songs from his ninth and newest album, "1 RIVER STREET," which is the follow-up to Marcinek's "Dead Funk Summit," which has made Tom Lounges's "Tom's Top 10 Regional Albums of 2023."

Each week's program finds producer and host Tom Lounges blendingtogethervarious styles and eras of the blues -- from the old schoollegends, tothe top contemporary players of today, along with some of theup andyoung guns deserving to have their music heard.Audiences willhear theguitar greats, the harp blowers, the piano pounders, thesingers, and theshouters. Some of club-hopping Northwest Indiana andChicagoland'sregional players also get showcased on this program.

Each week's program finds producer and host Tom Lounges blending together various styles and eras of the blues -- from the old school legends, to the top contemporary players of today, along with some of the up and young guns deserving to have their music heard. Audiences will hear the guitar greats, the harp blowers, the piano pounders, the singers, and the shouters. Some of club-hopping Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland's regional players also get showcased on this program.