This year’s free-jazz holiday tour includes two shows at the Hungry Brain with his band Witches & Devils and special guests.
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep
The members of Extraordinary Popular Delusions bring vast and varied experience to this underappreciated ensemble’s regular weekly shows—which follow no rules but their own.
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An inside perspective of MCA exhibition
Brian Sandstrom, a gallery officer at the Museum of Contemporary Art, talks about his favorite exhibition and his personal connection to the work.
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Remembering Hal Russell: Ken Vandermark, Michael Shannon, and others pay tribute
The idiosyncratic and influential bandleader gets feted in Millennium Park next week.
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Remembering Hall Russell
Some of the greatest experiences with live music came courtesy of the eccentric multiinstrumentalist and bandleader Hal Russell, whose work with his NRG Ensemble brought gonzo wit, fierce improvisation, and boundless energy to performance after performance. During the late 80s and early 90s they were fixtures at great subterranean bar Lower Links, playing madcap sets […]
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Reader’s Agenda, Mon 12/17: Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Kartemquin directors, and Bret Slater
What’s on the Agenda for Monday, December 17, 2012
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Jazz: The undiminished power of Hal Russell’s NRG Ensemble
Nessa Records reissues the killer 1981 debut of Hal Russell’s NRG Ensemble
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Tonight is Hal the Weenie
The annual Hal the Weenie concert celebrates the music of Hal Russell, tonight at Beat Kitchen.
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The End of an Era: No More Extraordinary Popular Delusions on Tuesdays at Hotti Biscotti
After more than five years, Extraordinary Popular Delusions’ extraordinary run at Hotti Biscotti comes to an end.
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The List: December 24-30, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Robbie Fulks, Roy Hargrove, Josh Berman’s Old Idea, Fiery Furnaces, and more