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Review: The Weather Station’s Intimate Storytelling Captivates Lincoln Hall

This article was written by Wendy Davis. Canadian folk band The Weather Station made their anticipated return to Chicago at Lincoln Hall for the Humanhood tour! Accompanied by Sister Ray, […]

  • Guest Author
  • April 21, 2025
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Pop/Rock , Reviews

    Review: Johnnyswim Leaves It All at the Vic

    The best thing about working with your significant other is being around your favorite person all the time. The worst thing about working with your significant other is…see above. But […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • April 14, 2025
    • Festivals , Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Falling Into Folklore at the Evanston Folk Festival

    It may not officially be fall, but there is a change in the air. The lighting, the crisp colors, the leaves starting to change, and the cool breeze accompanying the […]

  • Lyra Wilson
  • September 12, 2024
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Rousing Chicago Reunion for Irish Trad Legend Altan

    Chicago played a crucial role in the survival of traditional Irish music. Our city in the 19th and early 20th centuries became home to a huge influx of Irish immigrants […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • November 2, 2022
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Beausoleil’s Cajun Charms Prevail Despite a Trimmed Lineup 

    Beausoleil has been the premier Cajun music recording and touring band for 45 years, and I have seen them so many times I’ve lost count. Every one of their past […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • October 17, 2022
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Lit , Music , Nonfiction

    Review: Where Dylan Grew into His Genius, Bob Dylan’s New York By June Skinner Sawyers

    Bob Dylan’s New York By June Skinner Sawyers The History Press,142 pages, $21.99 First of all, a story: In April 2010, I was in downtown Duluth on a freelance writing […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • February 5, 2022
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Aoife O’Donovan Enchants at Old Town School of Folk Music

    Aoife O’Donovan is special. It’s easy to say that about many musicians, especially ones we hold dear, but there is something about O’Donovan that can’t be denied. Whether it be […]

  • Mariel Fechik
  • October 25, 2021
    • Features , Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Le Vent du Nord at Old Town School of Folk Music: Tapez Du Pieds!

    Le Vent du Nord, which translates to North Wind, brought the rollicking traditional music of Quebec to the Windy City on January 8. In kicking off the Old Town School […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • January 12, 2020
    • Classical , Festivals , Folk and Bluegrass , Reviews

    Mambo Kings and Tropical Weather Transported Grant Park to Cuba

    The Grant Park Orchestra does not often play back-up to a jazz combo. On the other hand, the Mambo Kings, veteran performers of Afro-Cuban jazz, have been teaming up with […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • August 8, 2019
    • Classical , Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Venues

    Preview: Make Music Chicago Celebrates the Solstice on Friday

    As the sun rises at what annually is its most northerly point on the horizon, sound artists and Rogers Park residents Eric Leonardson and Deirdre Harrison will be performing Dean […]

  • Louis Harris
  • June 17, 2019
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Music , Reviews

    Review: Gregory Alan Isakov Brings Evening Machines to a Dreamy Night at the Vic

    Listen to a song by Gregory Alan Isakov and you’re likely to hear something about suitcases, gasoline, the sea, the moon, the stars– his poetry is populated by dusty images […]

  • Matthew Nerber
  • November 12, 2018
    • Folk and Bluegrass , Interviews , Music , Reviews

    Interview: Erin Rae on Her Dreamy Folk Music

    When Brandi Carlile recently performed at the Chicago Theater, she said that it was not long ago that she was playing Schubas. Now selling out a theater with a capacity […]

  • Nicholas Blashill
  • July 9, 2018
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