For 50 years Thom Bishop has been writing songs, lyrics, plays, movies, and more—and his new novel (as Junior Burke) starts with James Dean shooting Ronald Reagan on live TV.
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Sarah Louise paints pictures of nature with her 12-string guitar
North Carolina guitarist Sarah Louise performs Wednesday at the Hideout as half of the duo House & Land.
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‘Anglo-Naive’ guitarist C Joynes plays his first U.S. show at the Empty Bottle
C Joynes takes fingerpicked guitar in all sorts of directions—bluegrass, blues, folk, drone, gospel, African music—with production that borrows ideas from dub.
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John Hulburt’s 1972 LP of acoustic-guitar magic was reissued this year with help from Ryley Walker
Guitarist John Hulburt was born on a Wisconsin dairy farm and died in Paris, but it was in Chicago that he made his one immortal album.
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Virginia fingerstyle guitar ace Daniel Bachman achieves new heights on River
The guitarist plays tonight in support of his excellent new album.
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Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise
Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise.
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12 O’Clock Track: The summery, engrossing instrumental guitar of William Tyler’s “Cadillac Desert”
The second track off of Impossible Truth, the sophomore album from the instrumental guitarist, who plays at the Hideout Fri 4/26.
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
Our coverage of the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
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In their words: Rian Murphy, head of staff and sales, Drag City
Rian Murphy of Drag City on publishing books that are right for your imprint
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Implodes’ overdue debut, fingerstyle prodigy Ryley Walker, and a ‘moving painting’ at Chicago Opera Theater
INDIE | A party for Implodes’ overdue debut It took them three and a half years, but on April 20 local four-piece Implodes finally released their debut album, Black Earth (Kranky). The drone-psych group started in late 2007, when guitarists Matt Jencik and Ken Camden (coworkers at Reckless Records) started playing acoustic jam sessions together. […]
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Guitar Great Jack Rose Dead at 38
Brilliant fingerstyle guitarist Jack Rose has died at 38.
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Ben Reynolds Keeps Listeners Guessing
British guitarist Ben Reynolds plays Heaven Gallery on Wednesday in one (or more) of his many musical guises.
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Annals of PR: the WLIT of Cable
This was impressive/horrifying enough to get my attention: “Hallmark Channel Adds Array of Digital Platforms to Enhance 450+ Hours of Holiday Programming” Actually, it’s probably unfair to lump this in with WLIT. I can’t imagine that many people are involuntarily exposed to basic cable Xmas oversaturation. WLIT, on the other hand, is the bane of […]
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The hipsters haven’t found Peter Lang
Fingerstyle guitarist Peter Lang plays in Chicago–where are the freak-folk minions?