Update as of 12/31/21: Both of Lydia Loveless’s concerts at FitzGerald’s have been postponed in deference to the COVID-19 surge. New dates have not yet been announced. In August, Lydia Loveless released two songs digitally that deserve a proper vinyl seven-inch treatment. For the B side, I’d pick “You’re Leaving Me,” a moody country torch song […]
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Will Bloodshot Records stay in the saddle?
Internal strife, unpaid royalties, and the looming possibility of a sale have forced venerable Chicago indie Bloodshot Records to a crossroads.
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The schedule for the 2019 Millennium Park Summer Music Series is here!
Its 11 shows can’t make up for all the series DCASE has killed, but booking Jupiter & Okwess, Chucho Valdes, Car Seat Headrest, Lydia Loveless, and Los Amigos Invisibles helps a lot.
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Where is Bloodshot Records going now that ‘insurgent country’ has outgrown it?
On the occasion of the label’s 20th birthday party, cofounders Rob Miller and Nan Warshaw talk about diversifying their roster, surviving the collapse of album sales, and not getting rich.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 8/24: Free dance at Pritzker, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and a Trapped in the Closet marathon
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, August 24
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/19: CIMM Fest and Bizarro hour
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Friday, April 19, 2013.
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Our guide to Record Store Day
An overview of the overwhelming fifth annual Record Store Day