The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Janoma, local band of teenagers, talks beginnings, progression

Alyssa Cravens, Staff Reporter July 9, 2019

Janoma's five bandmates sat in a circle, ready to rehearse for their next upcoming performance, among fragrant smells, wicks, jars and blocks of wax at Madison Avenue Candle Company Monday evening. The...

Jerry Ellis (right), an acoustic guitar player from Charleston, plays old-time tunes from Dear Old Illinois with Jim Jand (middle), a banjo player from Tolono, and Jerry Myers (left), a fiddle player from Mattoon, at Rocs Blackfront Tavern & Grill Sunday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Roc’s Old-Time Jam

Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief June 9, 2019

Jerry Ellis (right), an acoustic guitar player from Charleston, plays old-time tunes from "Dear Old Illinois" with Jim Jand (middle), a banjo player from Tolono, and Jerry Myers (left), a fiddle player...

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