Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Music / Post No Bills City announces 2013 lineups for Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, and Made in Chicago
Posted By Peter Margasak on 04.02.13 at 12:00 AM
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The full schedule for the free Monday-night series, which kicks off May 27 with a double bill of the Lee Ranaldo Band and Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, is after the jump. You can also see the schedule for Loops & Variations, a series that haphazardly juggles electronic and contemporary classical music—I still can't figure out the rationale behind it, but it includes some very exciting events, among them a major concert by International Contemporary Ensemble playing the music of Edgard Varese. Also part of the summer schedule is Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz. The last concert of that series is one for the ages, with drummer Jack DeJohnette leading a quintet including AACM legends Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, and Henry Threadgill.
Downtown Sound, Mondays, 6:30 PM (headliners first)
May 27: Lee Ranaldo Band, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
June 3: Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain
June 10: An evening with Glen Hansard featuring Lisa Hannigan and members of the Frames
June 17: Daniel Lanois, Brokeback
June 24: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James
July 1: Lee Fields & the Expressions, Theo Huff & the Platinum Band
July 8: Dawes, the Cairo Gang
July 15: Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts and friends
July 22: The Handsome Family, Azita
Loops & Variations, Thursdays, 6:30 PM (headliners first)
June 13: Falty DL, Bill Kouligas
June 27: Matmos, Fonema Consort
July 4: ICE, Nosaj Thing
July 11 (8 PM): Dan Deacon (no opening act)
July 18: Olafur Arnalds, Sarah Neufeld
August 28 (Wednesday): Eighth Blackbird with Glenn Kotche and Lesley Flanigan
Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Thursdays, 6:30 PM
July 25: Dee Alexander's Funkin' with Acoustic Soul: Tribute to James Brown and Jimi Hendrix
August 1: Victor Garcia's Crossing Borders
August 8: Jeff Parker-Nels Cline Quartet: The Turning Point
August 15: Dana Hall: The Andrew Hill Project with Black Fire
August 22: Tale of the Tiger: Pat Mallinger Quartet featuring Bill Carrothers & Cameron Pfiffner's Marco Polo
August 29: Jack DeJohnette: Special Legends Edition—Chicago, with Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell, and Henry Threadgill
Correction: This post has been updated to include the correct date for the Handsome Family concert, which happens on July 22.
Today's playlist:
John Tilbury, Michael Duch, Rhodri Davies, Cornelius Cardew: Works 1960-70 (+3dB)
Blues Control, Valley Tangents (Drag City)
Lol Coxhill, Barre Phillips, JT Bates, The Rock on the Hill (Nato)
Omar Souleyman, Leh Jani (Sham Palace)
Don Cherry, Lennart Åberg, Bobo Stenson, Dona Nostra (ECM)
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