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In this column you’ll hear about Josh Humphries latest music before his Saturday show opening for Kill the Martian at nightshop in Bloomington. He’ll follow the debut of Kadync.

In this weeks BloNo Beats live music column, read about two musical aces taking places on stage at The Station Saloon: Hotter Than Junes Josh Humphries and Marcos Mendez.

In this weeks BloNo Beats, hear from two rock bands with ties to the Twin Cities before their Friday show at Bombsight Recording Studio in west Bloomington.

The weather is hot, and so is the Central Illinois music scene. Here’s a brief roundup of recent releases from in and around the Bloomington-Normal area.

/ Nolan Kellys new album "Its Gonna Be OK" is available now on his Bandcamp page. Bloomington singer-songwriter Nolan Kelly said the release date for his new 6-song album "Its Gonna Be OK" coincided with the 10-year anniversary of his best friends death by suicide. And though the longtime member of the now-defunct Bloomington psych-rock band Flaccid said his friend clearly weighed heavily in many of the songs, the albums broader theme is about "loss." “Personally, I really like to write song...

Ann Craft, co-founder of St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre and director of “Two for the Seesaw,” a co-production with Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, seen here as Lady Capulet in City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” (Mike Kitaif) Director Anne Kraft is anxious to see her work on the play “Two for the Seesaw” for the first time, and she knows her two stars, local theater veterans Annie Gaybis and Peter Gutierrez, are anxious to see themselves, too. Kr...