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Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 2, 2019
John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands

Plus: Self-described “Bruce jazz” trio Poplife play a farewell-for-now show, and drummer Spencer Tweedy drops an EP as a front man.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, John Corbett, Pick Up the Pieces, Pick Up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music, University of Chicago Press, Constellation, Marker, Ken Vandermark, Macie Stewart, Ohmme, Rick Rizzo, Janet Bean, Eleventh Dream Day, Doug McCombs, Azita, Microgroove, Extended Play, A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation, Ben McFadden, Poplife, Bruce jazz, Pop Nice, Cafe Mustache, Foul Tip, Adam Luksetich, Ed Bornstein, Spencer Tweedy, Blisters, Tweedy, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Sleep Is My God, Gold Tooth Kid

Music, Music Feature Jun 27, 2017
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Consummate sideman James Elkington takes the reins—but loosely

These days the former Zincs leader plays with Joan Shelley, Tweedy, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, and more—and the new Wintres Woma, his first album under his own name, won’t change that.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, James Elkington, Jim Elkington, Wintres Woma, Paradise of Bachelors, Zincs, Horse’s Ha, Janet Bean, Nick Macri, Nathan Salsburg, Eleventh Dream Day, Mark Greenberg, Brokeback, DADGAD, Davey Graham, Ohmme, Macie Stewart, Tim Daisy, Tomeka Reid, Christopher Smith, Brendan Greaves, Joan Shelley, Steve Gunn, Tweedy, Jeff Tweedy, Darin Gray, Wilco, the Loft, Waterdrawn, Black Pompadour, Kelly Hogan, Michael Chapman, Laetitia Sadier, Wooden Wand, Daughn Gibson, Tara Jane O’Neil, Richard Thompson, Silencio, Bert Jansch, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 21, 2017
On Fillmore parlay a Brazilian epiphany into another rebirth

With the new Happiness of Living, drummer Glenn Kotche and bassist Darin Gray have made the loosest, most accessible record of their 18-year collaboration.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, On Fillmore, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche, Happiness of Living, Dead Oceans, Extended Vacation, Northern Spy, Jim O’Rourke, Eureka, Wilco, Tweedy, William Tyler, John Luther Adams, Third Coast Percussion, So Percussion, Chikamorachi, Chris Corsano, Akira Sakata, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brazil, Percpan, +2, +2s, Moreno Veloso, Domenico Lancellotti, Alexandre Kassin, Pedro Sá, Stephane San Juan, Orquestra Imperial, Guilherme Valerio, Jornada Inteira, Chiara Banfi, Gabriela Riley, Mauro Refosco, Pat Burns, Big Ears Festival, Solid Sound Festival, National Sawdust

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