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- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 29, 2019
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Chicago postpunks Ganser drop a chilly, thrilling new EP
Plus: New releases from instrumental guitar-and-drums duo Sun Speak and “queer twee pop” band Joey Nebulous
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 10, 2019
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Saxophonist Hunter Diamond debuts four free shows’ worth of new material at the Whistler
Plus: Matthew Rachman Gallery opens a new exhibit of Wesley Willis’s artwork, and Camp Smokey Bear returns with another free day of top-shelf local hip-hop.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 5, 2019
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Boundary-pushing jazz trio Twin Talk celebrate a gracefully daring new album
Plus: The Girl Talk team discuss muting R. Kelly and supporting his survivors, and reunited Milwaukee power-pop band Yipes! come to town with their first record in 38 years.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 30, 2019
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The solar system dances on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Aaron Lowell Denton, Twin Talk, Mike Lewis, JT Bates, Jeremy Yivisaker
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2018
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Jazz bassist Matt Ulery blends styles and scenes with his multifarious new project
Ulery's celebration of Sifting Stars this weekend makes for a good snapshot of his eclectic practice—it combines a jazz quintet, a vocalist, and a string quartet.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
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Pianist Jason Moran drops a recording of Looks of a Lot, his collaboration with a slew of Chicago artists
The new version, available via Bandcamp, tightens up the one he premiered at Symphony Center in 2014 with Theaster Gates, Ken Vandermark, Katie Ernst, and the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2018
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Lauren Deutsch steps down after 21 years as executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago
Veteran arts administrator Heather Ireland Robinson, who worked for the JIC in the early 2000s, steps into Deutsch's shoes on Thursday, March 1.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2016
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An exit interview with departing clarinetist James Falzone and a rare set by Chris Dammann’s Restroy
Clarinetist James Falzone is moving to Seattle after landing a gig at Cornish College of the Arts.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2016
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Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst rises like the tide
She isn’t just helping herself with her talent, wit, and confidence—she’s also lifting up her peers and students.
- Music, Music Feature May 28, 2014
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Artist Theaster Gates and reedist Ken Vandermark join the jazz pianist in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
