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Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2019
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The Reader’s guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2019

Its 18 free concerts, spread out over 17 venues, provide us with dozens of opportunities to get to know our neighbors better—both across the street and around the globe.
- By Leslie Allison, Noah Berlatsky, Dave Cantor, Salem Collo-Julin, Justin Curto, Leor Galil, Catalina Maria Johnson, Monica Kendrick, Jamie Ludwig, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music Feature, World Music Festival, Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music, Ragamala, Josh Feinberg, Kunal Gunjal, Amit Kavthekar, Akshara Music Ensemble, Jay Gandhi, Nitin Mitta, Prasanna, Bala Skandan, Samyuktha Sreeram, Nandkishor Muley, Ambi Subramaniam, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Raj Deshmukh, Roopa Mahadevan, Rajna Swaminathan, Arun Ramamurthy, Samarth Nagarkar, Amit Kavthekar, Ramachandra Joshi, Saraswathi Ranganathan, GS Rajan, Ganapathi Ranganathan, ¡Súbelo!—A Celebration of Pan Latin Music and Culture, Pirulo y la Tribu, Los Wembler’s de Iquitos, Centavrvs, Lucibela, Girma Bèyènè, Akalé Wubé, Kahil El’Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Englewood/Soweto Exchange, Jeremy Dutcher, Lankum, Yandong Grand Singers of China, Mabang!, Ikebe Shakedown, Ana Ewerling, Afrotronix, Kokoko!, Giroscopio, Global Peace Picnic, Garifuna Collective, Kokoko!, Hermán Olivera y su Orquesta, HaitianDansCo, Gurdjieff Ensemble, Les Filles de Illighadad, Kim So Ra, Gamelan Çudamani, Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Funkadesi, Chief Boima, World Dumpling Fest, Fidel Nadal, Mr. Pauer, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Lowdown Brass Band, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 11, 2018
Honoring Englewood’s musical history with a cast of hundreds

Plus: Devin Shaffer outdoes her own dreamy folk on Yarrow’s latest, and throwback garage-pop act Cut Worms celebrates a cassette release of its debut full-length.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Quantum Englewood, Ernest Dawkins, Rahul Sharma, Old Town School of Folk Music, Live the Spirit Residency, Music Moves Chicago, Joyce Foundation, Lindblom Academy, Ben LaMar Gay, Maggie Brown, Funkadesi, AACM, Live the Spirit Jazz Ensemble, Fernando Jones’s Blues Kids, Soul Children Gospel Choir, Bucket Boys, Devin Shaffer, Yarrow, Cluster, Manic Static, Cut Worms, Max Clarke, Hollow Ground, At Home, Jagjaguwar, Dumpster Tapes, Schubas

Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2018
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The Millennium Park Summer Music Series announces its 2018 lineup

This year's Millennium Park summer series has one-third fewer concerts than the 2017 version—but on the plus side, some of them are great.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Free Shit, Music, Post No Bills, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Pritzker Pavlion, Sons of Kemet, the Sea and Cake, Moonrise Nation, Whitney, Ne-Hi, Bahamas, Aimee Mann, This Is the Kit, The Kingston All Stars featuring Sister Nancy, Funkadesi, Willie Colón, Canalón de Timbiquí, Anoushka Shankar, Hollie Cook, Melissa Laveaux, the Aces, New Respects, Kahil El'Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, José James, Video

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best international/world music act

Chicago Afrobeat Project
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, Best international/world music act, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Funkadesi, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 7/21: Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, Celebrate Clark Street, Protomartyr, and more

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, July 21
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, Dawes Park, Celebrate Clark Street, H'sao, Chad, vallenato, Beto Jamaica, Boogat, Funkadesi, Vicios de Papa, Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, Joe Casey, Outside World

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best International/World Music Act

Funkadesi
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, international world music act, Funkadesi, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 23, 2011
Critics' Picks
Best local band that's been around forever

The Lawrence Arms voted best local band that's been around forever
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best local band that's been around forever, Readers' poll, The Lawrence Arms, Wilco, Funkadesi, Andrew Bird, Critics' Picks

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 23, 2011
This year Taste of Chicago eats four lakefront music festivals
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Los Horoscopos de Durango, Donald Lawrence & Company, Natalie McMaster, Lizz Carroll, John Doyle, John Williams, Loretta Lynn, Court Yard Hounds, Jayhawks, Greyson Chance, Broadway in Chicago, California Wives, Empires, Funkadesi, Black Bear Combo, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Gold Motel, White Mystery, Corey Wilkes, Black Slang, JT & the Clouds, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 22, 2010
Celebrate Clark Street

Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Celebrate Clark Street, Rogers Park, Sound Culture, David Chavez, Mr. Something Something, world music, Funkadesi, Chicago Samba, Clark between Morse & Estes

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The Reader’s guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2019

Its 18 free concerts, spread out over 17 venues, provide us with dozens of opportunities to get to know our neighbors better—both across the street and around the globe.

Honoring Englewood’s musical history with a cast of hundreds

Plus: Devin Shaffer outdoes her own dreamy folk on Yarrow’s latest, and throwback garage-pop act Cut Worms celebrates a cassette release of its debut full-length.

Video
The Millennium Park Summer Music Series announces its 2018 lineup

This year's Millennium Park summer series has one-third fewer concerts than the 2017 version—but on the plus side, some of them are great.

Readers' Poll
Best international/world music act

Chicago Afrobeat Project

Reader's Agenda Sun 7/21: Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, Celebrate Clark Street, Protomartyr, and more

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, July 21

Readers' Poll
Best International/World Music Act

Funkadesi

Critics' Picks
Best local band that's been around forever

The Lawrence Arms voted best local band that's been around forever

This year Taste of Chicago eats four lakefront music festivals

Celebrate Clark Street

Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.

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Its 18 free concerts, spread out over 17 venues, provide us with dozens of opportunities to get to know our neighbors better—both across the street and around the globe.

Plus: Devin Shaffer outdoes her own dreamy folk on Yarrow’s latest, and throwback garage-pop act Cut Worms celebrates a cassette release of its debut full-length.

This year's Millennium Park summer series has one-third fewer concerts than the 2017 version—but on the plus side, some of them are great.

Chicago Afrobeat Project

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, July 21

Funkadesi

The Lawrence Arms voted best local band that's been around forever

Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.

Other Searches