- Blogs, Bleader, May 24, 2013
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The easy stylistic yin and yang of drummer Ches Smith
Ches Smith, who rolls through Chicago next week in Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, easily straddles ideas from both jazz and rock in his great quintet These Arches.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 23, 2013
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La Sacre du Printemps turns 100, the Butchershop Quartet celebrates
The Butchershop Quartet get back together to play their version of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring to celebrate the work's centennial
- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2013
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At the ripe age of 23 British singer Laura Marling has become a force of nature
Laura Marling sounds better than ever on her stunning new album; she plays Chicago on Thursday night.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: November, the pioneering piano minimalism of Dennis Johnson
A lost minimalist masterpiece by Dennis Johnson is finally available for everyone to hear.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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Rare Sun Ra sounds and images from Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey releases a new CD and book of Sun Ra-related brilliance.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Robbie Fulks revisits a scorned gem by Bob Dylan
For the latest installment of his peripatetic Hideout residency Robbie Fulks and his band play Bob Dylan's reviled Street-Legal.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2013
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Contemporary classical music on your radio all day today at WFMT
WFMT devotes a full day to classical music of the last 25 years.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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Chicago reedist Dave Rempis launches Aerophonic Records
Chicago free-jazz reedist launches his own Aerophonic Records with a pair of gems by Wheelhouse and the Rempis Percussion Quartet.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2013
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The beauty of singer Dawn McCarthy in Faun Fables and with Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Fresh off of a fantastic tribute to the Everly Brothers made with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Dawn McCarthy plays a northwest-side house concert with her Faun Fables project.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Two to Your Right, Five to Your Left," a chunk of loud, visceral cello music from Okkyung Lee
A piercing, visceral improvisation from the South Korean cellist.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2013
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Iraqi maqam master Hamid Al-Saadi on a screen near you
Episodes of the new WYCC music show Musicology: Live From the Old Town School of Folk Music are now available on YouTube
- Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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Discovering the early avant-garde sounds of eclectic composer Joseph Byrd
A terrific new collection of early works by the eclectic American composer Joseph Byrd, who founded the late 60s psychedelic rock band United States of America, has been released by New World Records.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "When a Long Blast Is Sounded," the pensive chamber jazz of Steven Lugerner
The ambitious reedist and composer Steven Lugerner uses the Torah as a compositional tool on his strong new album For We Have Heard.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2013
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Pianist Benny Green keeps the classic hard-bop sound alive
Art Blakey disciple Benny Green keeps the hard bop flame alive, plays Jazz Showcase.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Saxophonist and Morton Grove native Jon Irabagon heats up
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon, a native of Morton Grove, is reaching an artistic high lately.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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RIP George Jones, my gateway to really hearing country music
The brilliant singer George Jones has died, but as the guy who made country music make sense for me, he'll live forever.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Wrecking Ball," wiggy psychedelic space-funk from London's Heliocentrics
London's terrific weirdo instrumental funk band Heliocentrics are back with its first album in six years.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2013
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Feisty Nashville singer Kacey Musgraves tweaks conventions from within
The young country singer, who goes against the grain of Nashville while working within its star-making machinery, plays Joe's on Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2013
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Drummer Frank Rosaly emerges as a bandleader with Cicada Music
Drummer Frank Rosaly celebrates the release of Cicada Music, his debut album as a bandleader, with a show at the Hideout on Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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Thursday musical happenings: Roscoe Mitchell and Ken Vandermark talk, Rajasthan's Lakha Khan plays
A panel discussion at the Cultural Center and the Chicago debut of Manganiyar musical master Lakha Khan, from India.
