2019 in Review: What We Liked in Music, Part 3
It’s been another banner year for music. There have been so many fantastic releases this year that it would be near impossible to rank them in a way that we […]
Preview: Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival Starts This Weekend
In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, the 2020 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival starts this weekend with violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong continuing their performance of Beethoven’s violin […]
2019 in Review: What We Liked in Music, Part 2
It’s been another banner year for music. There have been so many fantastic releases this year that it would be near impossible to rank them in a way that we […]
2019 in Review: What We Liked in Music, Part 1
It’s been another banner year for music. There have been so many fantastic releases this year that it would be near impossible to rank them in a way that we […]
2019 in Review: Classical Music
As the year and the decade are winding down, it is hard to avoid thinking about the time that has passed. In this day and age, when events swirl around […]
Review: Sub Urban Impresses at Schubas
Dealing with viral fame at just 19 years old is no easy task. For Sub Urban, however, it seems like a breeze. The singer-songwriter and producer, known for his hit […]
Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Rendered the Brandenburgs Well
In the latest installment of what’s become an annual Yuletide tradition, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center gave a wonderful performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos before […]
Preview: White Reaper Will Bring Massive Riffs and Lotsa Love to the Metro
In 2017, White Reaper released an album proclaiming them as “The World’s Best American Band,” which was hilariously tongue in cheek coming from a band that is actually incredibly modest […]
Review: Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron Return to Lost Wisdom and Share it with Thalia Hall
There was an eleven year gap between Julie Doiron and Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) Lost Wisdom albums. A whole mess of love, loss, births, and revivals have happened in the […]
Preview: Live the Wyldlife at Liar’s Club This Saturday
The New York city scene regained dash of its danger in the early aughts during that era’s resurgence of rawk, but as the spotlight of fame softened those rough edges, […]
Review: Clint Eastwood’s Style (and Politics) Put the Story of Richard Jewell Into Perspective
Like many of the films Clint Eastwood has directed in the last 10 years or so—since about Gran Torino on—his latest, Richard Jewell, is an expertly made movie with a […]
Review: Chicago Philharmonic and Marcus Roberts Gift-Wrap Gershwin
My wife is off the hook this holiday season. The Chicago Philharmonic’s presentation of George Gershwin’s Concerto in F, featuring great jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio, is all the […]