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- Music, Gossip Wolf May 26, 2020
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Chicago jazz guitarist Tim Stine drops an engagingly off-kilter new trio album
Plus: A 26-track compilation benefits the staff of the shuttered Crown Liquors, and ESS presents yet another can’t-miss program in its Quarantine Concerts series.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2018
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What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women's anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
- Music, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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What Chicago media gets wrong about Chance, Keef, and the local hip-hop scene
Critics who fall back on shallow tropes and ignorant cliches deny us an enriching understanding of the musical cultures in our own backyard.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2017
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Cowboy poetry, the decline of the critic, Lil Wayne’s boring prison memoir, and more: the week in music writing
The Reader collects some of the best and brightest bits from the past week's music writing.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2015
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Saying good-bye and thank you to Andrew Patner
Chicago music critic Andrew Patner, who died last month, gets a memorable send-off at Orchestra Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2010
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"Chicago has effectively become John Luther Adams City"
Alex Ross and John Luther Adams in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2010
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Pavement, No Age at Millennium Park Tonight
A recommendation for No Age and an explanation of Pavement, who play Millennium Park tonight.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 5/4
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2010
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Awesome Guys Named Alex Ross and Their Upcoming Appearances
Like comics? Classical music? There's an Alex Ross for that.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2010
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Cheap Classical: Sibelius 5 and Free Ensemble Shows
The Civic Orchestra plays Sibelius's Fifth Symphony for the bargain price of $1 per seat.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2009
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Fly man's best friend's skies
A digression beginning with an airline for pets that ends with the Minutemen's 'Double Nickels on the Dime.'
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2009
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Brag brag brag
Alex Ross weighs in on John Williams's inaugural Americana.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2008
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Messiaenapalooza
The U. of C. announces an epic celebration of Olivier Messiaen.
- Arts & Culture, Art Critic's Choice Dec 11, 2003
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Alex Ross & Chip Kidd
