Current musical obsessions of ESS codirector Olivia Junell, curator Adia Sykes, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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The World Music Festival: Down but not out
Bureaucratic fumbling has diminished the World Music Festival, but its lineup still includes some highly recommendable acts
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Celebrate Clark Street
Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.
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Sergent Garcia returns to Chicago
France has long had one of Europe’s most dynamic and disparate immigrant populations, so it makes sense that it would produce lots of multiculti musical acts like Sergent Garcia, who are playing tonight at the Logan Square Auditorium. Writing about the band’s Chicago debut back in 2000, I was impressed by their unself-conscious, party-friendly mix […]
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Philly rising / A new sound for the new Uncommon Ground
The Swimmers and the Philadelphia music renaissance; a second location of Uncommon Ground promises bookings with an international flavor.