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Home » Levon Helm

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Posted inFilm

Steve Earle on hanging out with Levon Helm, learning to love Taylor Swift, and more

by Chicago Reader January 26, 2015August 18, 2021

The veteran musician, budding actor, and unapologetic Harry Potter fan talks to local singer-songwriter Quinn Tsan.

Posted inBlogs

What’s worth a gold medal at the World Beer Cup? Try Piece’s APA the Weight.

by Philip Montoro April 21, 2014August 18, 2021

As long as Piece has the Weight on tap, a world-class American pale is never further away than Wicker Park.

Posted inBlogs

Death be proud, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones June 28, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Approximately Nels Cline
Posted inFilm

Our guide to the Summer Music Film Festival at Music Box

by Chicago Reader June 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The Summer Music Film Festival screens documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.

Townes Van Zandt, Sunshine Boy
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Audio engineer Tim Iseler on “Darth Vader’s Cock and Balls”

by Miles Raymer February 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Audio engineers Tim Iseler and Jeremy Lemos on “Darth Vader’s Cock and Balls” and the Dirty Projectors at the Sydney Opera

An Eagle Horse from Como Park
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Multi-instrumentalist Boris Hauf says Last.fm saved his ass

by Chicago Reader May 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Musical obsessions of Cheer-Accident keyboardist Dudley Bayne, Reader music editor Philip Montoro, and multi-instrumentalist Boris Hauf

Posted inMusic

Never Mind the Critics

by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer and Jessica Hopper January 7, 2010August 19, 2021

Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.

Michael Hurley
Posted inMusic

Three Stripes of Americana

by Peter Margasak December 10, 2009August 19, 2021

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.

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