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- Music, Gossip Wolf May 19, 2020
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Jazz guitarist Dave Miller drops an album of brainy feel-good grooves
Plus: The Why? Records crew releases a compilation to benefit the Chicago Community Bond Fund, and Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati makes his solo debut with a new EP.
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 25, 2019
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Matthew J. Rolin leads the latest surge of fingerstyle guitar with his new self-titled LP
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 15, 2016
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Overlooked guitar god Harvey Mandel borrows Ryley Walker’s band for his new album
Forty-seven years after Harvey Mandel played Woodstock with Canned Heat, Snake Pit could be the record that finally gets the guitarist his due.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2016
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Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square reads from his new crate-digging memoir
On Wednesday at City Lit Books, Josh Rosenthal will read from The Record Store of the Mind (and guitarist Michael Vallera will play a solo set).
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 25, 2015
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John Hulburt's 1972 LP of acoustic-guitar magic was reissued this year with help from Ryley Walker
Guitarist John Hulburt was born on a Wisconsin dairy farm and died in Paris, but it was in Chicago that he made his one immortal album.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 9, 2015
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Logan Hardware celebrates the reissue of an acoustic marvel from John Hulburt
Plus: Hujo make dance music with "a mosaic of organic and digital tactics," and Autonomy guitarist Ray Suburbia returns to Chicago with a new DIY print zine.
- Music, Music Feature Nov 26, 2013
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Holiday gifts for music fiends
Ten of the year's best box sets—including 17 discs of Harry Nilsson, six decades of southeast Asian 78s, and every bit of Woody Guthrie's Library of Congress sessions
- Music, Record Roundup Oct 21, 2013
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Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including Omar Souleyman’s proper studio debut and the Dismemberment Plan's unembarrassing reunion record.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 5, 2012
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Gifts for hungry ears
The cream of the year-end crop of box sets and reissues: Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Tunji Oyelana, Bill Withers, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2012
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Discovering the groovy sounds of Calvin Keys
Tompkins Square reissues a killer 1971 album from jazz guitarist Calvin Keys
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2011
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The genius of Cajun forefather Amede Ardoin
A dazzling double CD collects all 34 tracks recorded by Cajun accordionist and singer Amede Ardoin for the first time.
