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Concert Preview
Jan 17, 2020
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Free-jazz piano great Dave Burrell plays a rare Chicago show
By Steve Krakow
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Monica Larsson
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1.11.18
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Natural Information Society
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Chicago Jazz Festival
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Amiri Baraka
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Music Feature
Apr 17, 2019
Video
Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa
Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.
By Bill Meyer
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Joshua Abrams
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Gnawa
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Lisa Alvarado
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Eremite Records
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Drag City
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Don Cherry
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Hamid Drake
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Nicole Mitchell
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Mike Reed
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Prefuse 73
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Roots
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Dave Rempis
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Will Oldham
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Steve James
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Kartemquin Films
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The Interrupters
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Life Itself
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America to Me
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Bridget Donahue
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Ari Brown
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Monika Cherry
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Moki Cherry
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Ornette Coleman
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Organic Music Society
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Bitchin Bajas
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Jason Stein
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Ben LaMar Gay
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Mikel Patrick Avery
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Frank Rosaly
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Emmett Kelly
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Ben Boye
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Nick Mazzarella
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Fred Anderson
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From the River to the Ocean
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Bindu
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Natural Information
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Jason Adasiewicz
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Nori Tanaka
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Jeff Parker
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Autoimaginary
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Constellation
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In Memory’s Prism
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Simon Starling
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Project for a Rift Valley Crossing
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Frieze New York
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Music
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Concert Preview
Feb 28, 2019
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Chicago jazz hero Joshua Abrams and his Natural Information Society bottle hypnosis on
Mandatory Reality
By Leor Galil
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Jun 1, 2017
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With Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams expands his sonic palette while remaining locked-in on modal trance
By Peter Margasak
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Bleader
Jul 3, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Thu 7/3: Eyes to the Skies festival, International Festival of Life, and Singleman Affair
What's on the
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By Cat Adamson
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Lisle Community Park
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Singleman Affair
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Joshua Abrams
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Natural Information Society
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Daniel Schneider
Music
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In Rotation
Jun 6, 2013
In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation
Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the
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's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more
By Peter Margasak
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Aaron Zarzutzki
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Nick Hoffman
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Green Pasture Happiness
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Graham Stephenson
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Colomach
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Axel Dörner
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Fredrik Ljungvkist
Music
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Gossip Wolf
Oct 17, 2012
Gossip Wolf: White/Light has something to show you
The drone duo's Face the Strange concerts return to the MCA. Plus: Gossip Wolf illustrator Keith Herzik gets engaged, and half of Rabid Rabbit gets Cramps for Halloween
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Bill Orcutt
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Jeff Parker
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Lucky Dragons
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Keith Herzik
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Gina Eccher
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Galactic Inmate
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Blue Ribbon Glee Club
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Rabid Rabbit
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Andrea Jablonski
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Mike Tsoulous
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Velcro Lewis
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Get Up With the Get Downs
Music
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Music Sidebar
Oct 3, 2012
Adventures in Modern Music 2012
Five diverse lineups that include black metal, juke, experimental R&B, sound art, spiritual jazz, and ambient electronics
By Luca Cimarusti
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Vattnet Viskar
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Natural Information Society
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Supreme Cuts
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Shit & Shine
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Duane Pitre
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Traxman
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Sylvain Chavaneau
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Micachu & the Shapes
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Holy Other
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Lee Noble
Music
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Three Beats
Sep 24, 2012
Three Beats: The WZRD DJ lockout grinds on
Plus: Joshua Abrams goes full guimbri, and Emperor finally introduce their amp heads
By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Monica Kendrick
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Tasha Neumeister
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Joshua Abrmas
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Morocco
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Gnawa
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Emperor Music
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Bleader
Jul 30, 2012
The
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's Agenda: Mon 7/30
What's on the Agenda for Monday, July 30, 2012
By Drew Hunt
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SMOD
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Pritzker Pavilion
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Millennium Park
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M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
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Empty Bottle
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Philadelphia
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Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang
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Peter Margasak
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Natural Information Society
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Jamaican Queens
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Park Schreck Gallery
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Wicker Park
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Into the Void
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Steve Amos
Blogs
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Bleader
May 31, 2012
Video
Drag City unveils its Soccer Club Club on Friday
Drag City celebrates a new space with paintings by Lisa Alvarado and music by Natural Information Society and Azita
By Peter Margasak
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Post No Bills
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Drag City
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Soccer Club Club
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Lisa Alvarado
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Joshua Abrams
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Azita
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Natural Information Society
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I Can't Touch the Sun
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Video
Music
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Music Feature
Sep 15, 2011
Our guide to the World Music Festival
Eight days, 22 venues, 52 shows—and music from more than 30 countries
By Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, and Miles Raymer
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Chicago World Music Festival
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Sidi Toure
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Canoziere Grecanico Salentino
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Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements Festival
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Bomba Estereo
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw
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Fool's Gold
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Benda Bilili
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Dikanda
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Natural Information Society
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Kultur Shock
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Kutumba
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Ballake Sissoko
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Vincent Segal
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kora
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romany
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Mad Professor
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gamelan
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