This week’s gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
Tag: folk
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Friday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
Friday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
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The Reader’s guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
The Reader‘s guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013: Reviews, itineraries, afterparties, and more
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12 O’Clock Track: The whispery cabin folk of Ty Maxon’s “To Theoda”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Ty Maxon’s “To Theoda,” from his album Calling of the Crows.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/17: Sweet Home Chicago: The History of America’s Candy Capital, Cadre, and Willy Mason
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 17, 2013
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12 O’Clock Track: Josephine Foster, “Blood Rushing”
A song of breathtaking beauty from the new Josephine Foster album
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Chicago guitar genius Pete Cosey dead at 68
Guitar genius Pete Cosey, best known from Miles Davis’s electric albums, has reportedly passed away at 68
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12 O’Clock Track: Lau Nau, “Painovoimaa, Valoa”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Lau Nau’s “Painovoimaa, Valoa” from the album Nukkuu
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12 O’Clock Track: Tengger Cavalry, “Galloping Steeds”
Mongolian pagan folk metal from China
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University of Chicago Folk Festival
The Folklore Society presents a weekend of workshops and concerts that feature Byther Smith, Eddie C. Campbell, John Williams, the Evening Light Brothers, Frank Fairfield, and others.
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The Rustic Avant-Garde of Uncle Woody Sullender
Former Chicagoan and banjo experimenter Uncle Woody Sullender duets with English harmonica player Seamus Cater on Saturday night at Heaven Gallery.
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FitzGerald’s American Music Festival
The Berwyn venue hosts its annual Fourth of July festival, featuring Trombone Shorty, Bonerama, the Blasters, Joe Ely, Susan Cowsill, C.J. Chenier, and others.
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Three Stripes of Americana
Anthony Coleman reframes the post-ragtime proto-jazz of Jelly Roll Morton, one-of-a-kind mongrel folkie Michael Hurley cuts an album with Ida, and Tompkins Square collects three discs of off-the-grid black gospel.