Dave Leonatti
Nightsounds Host/ ProducerDave Leonatti is an architect, freelance writer and self-professed music nut based in Springfield. He wrote music and performing arts reviews for the State Journal-Register. Dave started the Nightsounds program in the late 1980's.
Dave is a musician--he's played bass, guitar and drums in several rock and bluegrass bands. He plays bass for the NPR Illinois All-Star Band, "The Pitch Patio Pickers," with Mark Mathewson and Jennifer Ramm, the host of Bluegrass Breakdown.
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Happy New Year, Folks!Some of these seem like every other year citations, as some of the artists appeared as "Best Of's" in 2015. Here are albums and… -
I think there were less blockbusters and outright bowl-you-over releases in 2016, so in lieu of longer album reviews, more brief synopses of albums and…
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Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds Like an under-screened independent film, Gretchen Peter's release “Blackbirds” received nary a listen from radio or critics.…
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ElbowThe Take Off and Landing of Everything »A breakthrough of sorts stateside for Guy Garvey and the boys from Manchester UK. Lyrically obtuse and…
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Nightsounds was originally chartered in 1987 as a locally produced radio program that showcased artists loosely affiliated with New Age music, which…
