UPDATE: As of Sunday 10/2/2022, the Medicine Singers and Yonatan Gat concert scheduled for the Empty Bottle has been canceled. Contact ticket point of purchase for refund information. The Eastern Medicine Singers are a traditional Algonquin drum and vocal group based in Rhode Island. They sing mostly in several Algonquian languages, some of which are […]
Tag: Ikue Mori
Finding ways to play through the pandemic
Chicago improvisers Tim Daisy and Matt Piet have responded to the challenges of COVID by learning new ways to record alone.
West-side rapper Musa Reems dazzles with a weekly single series
West-side rapper Musa Reems dazzles with a weekly single series, college radio stations WHPK and WNUR fill the weekend with festivals, and more.
Peter Margasak’s 40 favorite albums of 2017, numbers 10 through 1
Veteran Reader critic Peter Margasak counts down his 40 favorite records of the year—and the final installment includes music by Ikue Mori, JD Allen, and Richard Dawson.
Peter Margasak’s favorite jazz albums of 2017
The Reader‘s resident jazz expert publishes his ballot from the annual NPR Jazz Critics Poll.
Laptop improviser Ikue Mori explores new vistas in a dazzling collaboration with pianist Craig Taborn
Almost four decades after her tenure in New York no-wave band DNA, Ikue Mori brings her still-evolving music to Chicago for two rare appearances.
Mary Oliver, Hank Roberts, and Mark Feldman kick off the Chicago Jazz String Summit tonight
Tomeka Reid’s Chicago Jazz String Summit starts strong tonight with a rare chance to see three world-class players in intimate solo and duo sets.
Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker continues to push against jazz conventions
Two new records show off new developments in her music.
Best shows to see: Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Raveonettes, King Crimson, Ikue Mori
The best shows to see through the weekend include Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Raveonettes, King Crimson, and Ikue Mori.
The List, September 10-16, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: the Cave Singers, DJ Sega, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Moonshine Willy, Felix da Housecat, and more
The boundless sonic creativity of Okkyung Lee
Okkyung Lee, who plays Sunday night at the Pritzker Pavilion in Min Xiao-Fen’s Asian Trio, is one of the most beguiling young figures in New York’s creative-music community. The Korean cellist—she came to the U.S. in 1993, at age 18—moves effortlessly between different worlds without changing her sound in any significant way. She plays in […]