The news column has been a little quiet lately, but don't forget that the column exists so you can post news related to any goings on in the Kirksville Arts Scene.

If your band is reviewed somewhere, if you're releasing a CD and want people to know where to get it, if you've updated your event's facebook page, anything that's related to arts in the Kirksville area, is fair game.

That hard rockin' group of teenagers now have their own web page with free music and their own retail store! Check out the latest with these hard hittin kids at www.reverbnation.com.

Kirksville's Please Please Please will be playing a rare, and free, show at The Blue Note in Columbia on Saturday, January 30. Check here for more info.

Kirksville's own BJ Allen & Blue Voodoo topped the field in the Blues Blast competition at MoJo's in Columbia, MO, on Oct 18th, and will represent MoBlues Society in the semi-final round of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, in January, 2010. With an expected field of 100+ participants, IBC has grown to be the premiere event showcasing the best in un-signed blues acts from around the country and indeed, around the world. BJ & the boys will be competing in the band performance category and have also submitted their current CD, Heartless, in the Best Self-Produced CD category at IBC, 2009. For more information about IBC and/or BJ Allen and Blue Voodoo follow the links below: www.BlueVoodooBlues.com www.Blues.org www.MoBlues.org

Circle M Music proudly presents a live performance by Kcoalition, at the store, 218 N. Franklin St, Kirksville, Saturday, Nov 21 from 2-5 pm. The Kcoalition kids are from the Macon/Moberly area and range in age from 11 to 16.  Their performances feature original works as well as cover material and they will be rockin' the house at Circle M Music to benefit Love, Inc, Food Bank, a ministry of Kirksville's First Church of the Nazarene.   Admission is free with donation of a non-perishable food item. Join us on Sat, 11/21/09 from 2-5pm to kick off the holiday season with some great music and your donation to the Food Bank. More information at: Circle M Music 218 N. Franklin, Kirksville, MO 660.665.9090 bjallen@circlemmusic.com