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Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2020
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A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern

For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.
- By Jacob Arnold
- Tags: Music Feature, Danny’s Tavern, Bucktown, Danny’s, Sheer Magic, Play, Hot on the Heels, Danny Cimaglio, closed, closure, Angie Hebda, Terry Alexander, Michael Noone, Peter Nelson, 1951 W. Dickens, Sheree Rose, Ike Hobbs, Martin Giese, Dave Rodman, Tom Billings, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Wax Trax!, Eric Puls, Scott Harris Mia Francesca, Kevin Stacy, Ken Kordich, Okno, Soul Kitchen, One Off Hospitality, Jeff Parker, Damon Locks, Joshua Abrams, Ben Vida, Beau Wanzer, Claude Rains, Foster Grant, Courtland Green, Supreme Court, Kim Ambriz, Warren Lee, Empire State Soul Club, Scott Craig, Mark Henning, Dante Carfagna, Jamie Hodge, Shaun Pauling, Richard Smith, Rik Shaw, Deadly Dragon Sound System, Great Silence, Dave Bramble, Tony Janda, Big Tony, Stephen Sowley, Melissa Grubbs, Wayne Montana, Eternally Yours, Bob Davies, Brian Kelly, Alex Horn, Nanodust, Ray Rodriguez, DJ Ray_Rod, Marc Hellner, Marc Arcuri, Chandeliers, Brian Case, Bobby Burg, Joan of Arc, Joe Proulx, Love Boat, Chris Johnson, DJ Shoulders, Adam Gruel, Jen Kienzler, DJ Quick Paw, Peace Party, Naomi Walker, Jocelyn Brown, John Herndon, Soft Pow, Josh Berman, Jason Adasiewicz, Anton Hatwich, David Boykin, Isaiah Spencer, Reminder, Town and Country, Jim Dorling, Liz Payne, International Anthem, Uncanned Music, Scottie McNiece, Makaya McCraven, Junius Paul, Nick Mazzarella, Ben LaMar Gay, Hans Ballard, Night Moves, Off Chances, Ross Winston, Lono Brazil, Disco Unusual, Chances Dances, Jamie Hayes, Tanja Buhler, Party Line, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2020
Slideshow
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, livestream, pop-up concerts, Kate Dumbleton, Midway Plaisance, Rockefeller Chapel, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, Alexis Lombre Quartet, Jahari Stampley, Greg Ward, Rogue Parade, Charles Heath, Ramsey Lewis, Dee Alexander, A-Team, Protest, Marquis Hill, Circle in the Round, Dana Hall, Junius Paul, Michael King, Irvin Pierce, the Silent Hour, Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, Jason Adasiewicz, Loose Assembly, Russ Johnson, Jakob Heinemann, Oakland, Maggie Brown, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Fred Jackson Jr., Avreeayl Ra, Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, Milton Mizenberg Jr., Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, Madison Park, Russ Johnson Quartet, Lenard Simpson, Ken Vandermark, Black Monument Ensemble, Damon Locks, Iowa Building, World’s Columbian Exposition, Thaddeus Tukes, Mike Frasier, Chicago Freedom Ensemble, Slideshow

Music, Concert Preview Dec 21, 2019
Recommended
Veteran Chicago bassist Junius Paul celebrates the release of his first album
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Concert Preview, Junius Paul, Ism, International Anthem, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Corey Wilkes, Justin Dillard, Vincent Davis, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Sep 25, 2019
Video
Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Open Beats, Push Beats, beat scene, Fess Grandiose, Raj Mahal, Cafe Mustache, Uncle El, open mike, live PA, instrumental hip-hop, Kevin Johnson, Mr. Echoes, the Opus, the Whistler, Makaya McCraven, International Anthem, King Hippo, Boombastic, Twilite Tone, Lokal, Sonotheque, Darkroom, Morseland, Subterranean, Rubberoom, Pugslee Atomz, Nacrobats, All Natural, Tone B. Nimble, Flying Lotus, Brainfeeder, Ras G, Gregory Shorter Jr., Low End Theory, lofi, Marcos Rivera, Cos, Needful Things, Cutoff, Innjoy, Choppin’ Block, Silver Room, Rodolfo, Obehko, Live Beats, Azarias, Kinky Yeti, Loony Is Normal, DJ Skoli, Ramon Norwood, Radius, ETC Records, Now U C Me?, Kenny Keys, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Marco Jacobo, Maker, Systematic Soul, Now-Again, Egon, J Dilla, Slot-A, Daddy Kev, Alpha Pup Records, Daedelus, Samiyam, Dibiase, Nosaj Thing, Alejandro Ayala, Madlib, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, The Hip-Hop Project, Sev Seever, WLUW, DJ Scend, Jeff Parker, Raws, Junius Paul, Illiac, Brandon Murphy, Ableton, Push Tuesdays, Adam Bowsman, Abyss, Raj Malosh, Jeremiah Jae, House Shoes, MPC 2000, John Utsler, Elaquent, Knxwledge, Rodan, Door No. 3, Roland SP-404, Aaron Smith, Isle of Weight, Dance to the Drummer's DB, Tall Black Guy, ASR-10, Dover Crib, Molemen, Panik, No ID, Red Kiva, Face Melt, Tronic, Joshua Kleckner, Lokua, Moment Sound, Heartbeats, Fresh Roasted, Highly Rare, In the Moment Remix Tape, Timbuck2, Timothy Jones, Beat Lo-fi Social, Hameedullah, College Music, Chillhop Music, ChilledCow, Life in Lo-Fi . . . Vol. 1, Guilty Simpson, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2019
Video
The Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrate 50 years of pushing great Black music into the future

Surviving cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Art Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Don Moye, Famoudou Don Moye, Paris, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, Edgefest, Tutankhamun, Odwalla, Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron, Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother, Tomeka Reid, Nicole Mitchell, Hugh Ragin, Fred Berry, Junius Paul, Jaribu Shahid, Silvia Bolognesi, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2017
Improvisers Keir Neuringer and Makaya McCraven find different ways to use the studio as a creative partner

Philadelphia reedist Keir Neuringer and Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven each shape improvised raw material into thrilling compositional tapestries, albeit with very different sounds.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, International Anthem, Irrerversible Entanglements, Moor Mother, Camae Ayewa, Keir Neuringer, Makaya McCraven, Junius Paul, Nick Mazzarella, Ben Lamar Gay, Highly Rare, Matthew Wright, Speak Cities, Above the Clouds, Left Fields

Music, Music Feature Aug 29, 2017
Video
Avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Nessa Records

When the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago were still young, Chuck Nessa’s label helped raise them up.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Roscoe Mitchell, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Art Ensemble, Nessa Records, Chuck Nessa, Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, Malachi Favors, Alvin Fielder, Fred Berry, Jaribu Shahid, Celebrating Fred Anderson, Tomeka Reid, Junius Paul, Vincent Davis, Lester Bowie, Numbers 1 & 2, The Freedom Principle, little instruments, Mills College, Kikanju Baku, Craig Taborn, Montreal-Toronto Art Orchestra, Discount Records, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2017
Pop-Up Magazine, Pug Party, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

A dog film festival, a comedic roast of Wonder Woman, and more events June 2-4
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Taste of Little Village, Flavors of Mexico, Kevin Coval, A People's History of Chicago, Fresh Ayers, Bill Ayers, Seminary Co-op Book Store, Hugh Ragin, Constellation, Ernest Dawkins, Junius Paul, Vincent Davis, Red Clay, The Art of Resilience, the Logan Center for the Arts, Paint the Town Red, Pug Party, Park Tavern, Milwaukee Pug Rescue, Pop-Up Magazine, Pop-Up Magazine: A Night of Live Stories, Harris Theater, Jon Ronson, This American Life, Karen Duffin, Robin Amer, The Roast of Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, Character Assassination, the Laugh Factory, Andy Fleming, Danny Maupin, Tyler Jackson, Diet Cig, Subterranean, Sports, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, dog film festival, new york dog festival

Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, International Anthem, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Uncanned Music, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Rob Mazurek, Hear in Now, Tomeka Reid, jazz, improvised music, The New Breed, Fly or Die, Not Living in Fear, Mazz Swift, Silvia Bolognesi, In the Moment, Rob Mazurek, Emmett Kelly, Alien Flower Sutra, A.M. Frison, Tommaso Moretti, Ben Lamar Gay, Bottle Tree, Gilt Bar, Curio, Trio in Curio, Ian Springer, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, the Bedford, Bar Deville, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Hungry Brain, Nick Mazzarella, Skylark, Elastic, Hideout, Anton Hatwich, Dylan Ryan, Frank Rosaly, Matt Lux, Mikel Avery, Rob Jacobs, Wei Zhongle, Bambi Kino Duo, Brian Case, Justin Walter, Ahleuchatistas, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother, Ohmme, Junius Paul, Dave Vettraino, Natalie Joy, Alternate Moon Cycles, Jamire Williams, Josh Johnson

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2014
Video
Track premiere: Local drummer Makaya McCraven's 'Three Fifths a Man'

A sneak preview of the drummer's forthcoming album on the new International Anthem imprint
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Uncanned Music, International Anthem, Rob Mazurek, Makaya McCraven, In the Moment, "Three Fifths a Man", Jeff Parker, Junius Paul, Matt Ulery, Justin Thomas, Marquis Hill, Joshua Abrams, Tony Barba, De'Sean Jones, premiere, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2012
Audio
Local saxophonist Ernest Dawkins plays it Afro Straight

On his new album, the AACM stalwart takes on jazz standards
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Ernest Dawkins, Afro Straight, Chicago jazz, AACM, Footprints, New Horizons Ensemble, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Corey Wilkes, Junius Paul, Isaiah Spencer, Willerm Delisfort, Andy's Jazz Club, Audio

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Video
A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern

For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.

Slideshow
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

Recommended
Veteran Chicago bassist Junius Paul celebrates the release of his first album

Video
Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

Video
The Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrate 50 years of pushing great Black music into the future

Surviving cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.

Improvisers Keir Neuringer and Makaya McCraven find different ways to use the studio as a creative partner

Philadelphia reedist Keir Neuringer and Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven each shape improvised raw material into thrilling compositional tapestries, albeit with very different sounds.

Video
Avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell celebrates 50 years of Nessa Records

When the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago were still young, Chuck Nessa’s label helped raise them up.

Pop-Up Magazine, Pug Party, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

A dog film festival, a comedic roast of Wonder Woman, and more events June 2-4

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

Video
Track premiere: Local drummer Makaya McCraven's 'Three Fifths a Man'

A sneak preview of the drummer's forthcoming album on the new International Anthem imprint

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Local saxophonist Ernest Dawkins plays it Afro Straight

On his new album, the AACM stalwart takes on jazz standards

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For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

Surviving cofounders Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye expand the group into an 18-piece big band with the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, and Fred Berry.

Philadelphia reedist Keir Neuringer and Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven each shape improvised raw material into thrilling compositional tapestries, albeit with very different sounds.

When the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago were still young, Chuck Nessa’s label helped raise them up.

A dog film festival, a comedic roast of Wonder Woman, and more events June 2-4

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.

A sneak preview of the drummer's forthcoming album on the new International Anthem imprint

On his new album, the AACM stalwart takes on jazz standards

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