As part of Bowling Green State University’s 41st annual New Music Festival, Chicago’s Grammy-Award winning Third Coast Percussion quartet offered a performance of several works commissioned by or written for them. Friday […]
If all was right with the world, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling would be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Close Your Eyes — his first album on the Blue Note label — before a packed […]
Melkbelly, the somewhat genre-less and thrilling Chicago-based band that Miranda Winters sings and plays guitar with, is truly a monster of the local scene (in all the good ways). So when I […]
New Music Chicago will be celebrating their 15th anniversary with Anniversary Bash, including two live, virtual concerts broadcast from the new Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago this Saturday night. A […]
It’s another Bandcamp Friday! Bandcamp has been waiving their fees on the site on the very first Friday of the month for months now, giving the music community a much needed boost […]
Despite all the bad news piling on in the past few weeks, the announcement of a new album from Rich Jones and producer Montana Macks is a breath of relief. This pair […]
While the pandemic has raged and in-person performances have all but disappeared, Cedille Records has continued to issue excellent recordings of classical music performed and/or written by Chicago artists. This article will […]
Hey folks, before we jump into the Record Store Day Drop 2 details, I should warn you that there are an annoying amount of COVID-19 reminders throughout the post. We here at […]
Last year, Matt Muse released his EP Love and Nappyness, a fantastic snapshot of the rapper’s incredible flow and unique outlook. The small collection of songs focused on different types of love […]
It’s been three years since Chicago-based group Growing Concerns Poetry Collective released their fantastic debut album WE HERE: Thank You For Noticing. That album was not only an immensely enjoyable project, but […]
As part of its Out Back Summer Sessions, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts will be hosting the Chicago Philharmonic Chamber String Quartet and Music of the Baroque in this […]
First Friday of the month? It must be Bandcamp Friday! The online music platform Bandcamp has been waiving their fees on the site on the very first Friday of the month for […]
