River to River Community Records

01/17/2025

Calling all So IL musicians! It’s that time of year again - Let’s crash the NPR Tiny Desk Contest!

Every year NPR accepts video submissions to be considered for their NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Last year we, together with Brand Advocacy Group, recorded more than 150 live music videos for Southern Illinois artists to submit - so that the amazing music from our little corner of the universe would be well represent in this national contest.

This year we are scaling back a little. Not necessarily trying to record 150+ vids. This way things will be less chaotic for everyone involved - we will be more organized with scheduling and we’ll be able to give more attention to production.

We still want to produce at least 50 live performance videos for Southern Illinois artists - with priority given to those who didn’t record last year. We encourage everyone to get in touch if they want to record. But we cannot guarantee that we will be able to get everyone on the schedule. We will be in the studio producing videos every weekend between now and the contest deadline - Feb 11th.

If you would like to get on the schedule send an email Max Senteney at [email protected] or contact Nathan Colombo at [email protected]

TLDR : Tiny Desk Crashers is back. Hit us up!!

10/18/2024

You can now get the new R2R compilation at ! Thirteen brand new recordings from a bunch of your favorite So IL artists like The People vs Hugh DeNeal, RX DOOM , Enchanters, , , , , , , , , I Am Nathaniel and .

10/04/2024

Come out to the Carbondale Strip tonight for a bunch of great music! It’s free as heck. Big bummer though… the records didn’t make it here in time 😣 so unfortunately they won’t be available for pick up tonight. But we will be taking more pre-orders… maybe “post-orders” is more appropriate 😅 they will be here next week so you won’t have to wait long. In the mean time, stream the compilation on Spotify and Bandcamp and stuff! See ya tonight at and

10/01/2024

Mini-Fest Release Mega-Party on Friday!! Get that new 12” compilation and see 14 acts in one night between three stages at and . kick it off at 7pm at PKs. The whole schedule is on the FB event page. We’ll post it up here on IG soon.

09/27/2024

NEW SANGLE!! Coming in hot from Lucas Wayne and The Cottonmouths - featuring honorary water moccasin Mark Stoffel on fiddle. This song will be on the upcoming vinyl compilation from River to River Community Records, which comes out in just one week! Don’t miss the release party at and on Oct 4th.

09/13/2024

Another single from the upcoming 12” vinyl comp! Written by Matt McGuire, “A Place Too Nice” from Enchanters will be track three on the A side. A breezy, hiking-boot-gaze tune that talks about a longing for Little Egypt. Featuring , and . Listen to it now on Spotify and Bandcamp and whatnot. And pre-order that record because it’s gonna sound even better on plastic!

08/21/2024

I know things have been kinda quiet over here on the R2R channels, but we’ve been working hard on this one. OUR FIRST 12” RECORD! And the first of many comps to come. Volume one features 13 unreleased songs from a bunch of your favorite So IL artists. Pre-order your copy now. We’re only printing 300 so get em while you can. And mark your calanders for the record release party on Oct 4th. It’s gonna be a doozy.

06/18/2024

Happy 618 day! A perfect day to celebrate all the great things about Southern Illinois. Including all the weirdo music that comes out of this area. So check out this new playlist we put together and share it with you fellow audionauts! Just search Southern Illinois Experimental, Jazz & Noise on Spotipoop.
This date also marks exactly three years since the release of our first vinyl record - R2R001 Banjo Joe - I’m Just An Old Hobo. To celebrate that, for the next week you can get 25% off any purchase on our website - just use the code HAPPY618DAY at checkout.
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05/31/2024

Introducing: The Jewels (2012 - SKI) — We got this So IL gem up on the streaming platforms! Excellent original jazz from Kevin Ohlau with David Allen on bass and Marcus Mader on drums. Cover photo by — Dig it!

05/17/2024