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The Reader’s guide to the 2019 Chicago Blues Festival
The Blues Festival diversifies its lineup for 2019, with suave and sexy R&B star Latimore, deep-soul legend Don Bryant, genre-defying singer Bettye LaVette, and many more.
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Bettye LaVette can make any song sound like it was written for her
Bettye LaVette debuted with a hit soul single in 1962, but she’s long since transcended genre, singing blues, country, pop, funk, rock, and more.
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The complete schedule of the 2019 Chicago Blues Festival
Three full days of blues in Millennium Park, featuring Bobby Rush, Ruthie Foster, Dom Flemons, Bombino, Larkin Poe, and dozens more
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Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
The four-star film Lean on Pete and more goings-on 4/13-4/15.
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Soul legend Bettye LaVette remakes the songs of Bob Dylan on Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan has famously and relentlessly toyed with the melodies and arrangements of his voluminous repertoire, using his songs as perpetual works in progress despite the iconic status of many of them. His open-ended mind-set makes his ouevre particularly well suited for treatment by veteran soul singer Bettye LaVette, who in 2005 rebooted a largely […]
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The Reader’s guide to the 31st annual Chicago Blues Festival
Bettye LaVette and Dr. John headline an unusually diverse Chicago Blues Festival whose side stages hold underappreciated treasures.
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Best shows to see: Mike Donovan, Bettye LaVette, Twin Peaks
Best shows to see on Mon 10/28 through Wed 10/30.
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Best shows to see: Fight Amp, Bettye LaVette, C. Spencer Yeh, Maserati
If you’re not into the Umbrella Music Festival, you might try Fight Amp, Bettye LaVette, C. Spencer Yeh, or Maserati
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Artist on Artist: Joe Henry talks to Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden
Singer-songwriter Joe Henry talks to Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden
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6/12-6/14–Chicago Blues Festival
The world’s biggest free blues festival starts tomorrow in Grant Park.
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The Reader’s Guide to Chicago Blues Fest 2009
For 2009 the same financial pressures we’re all feeling have forced the Chicago Blues Festival to slim down from four days to three—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Past fests have sometimes been spread pretty thin across those four days. Many artists played multiple times on multiple stages, and some sets ran so long […]