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Lakshmi Ramgopal and violinist Johanna Brock during the performance that capped Ramgopal’s 2019 residency at the Glasner Studio

Edgar Miller’s handmade homes have become wellsprings of inspiration for local artists

by Shannon Nico Shreibak November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

Like a scarlet pane of firelight shining from a brick-and-mortar facade, a red door on the 1700 block of North Wells announces the presence of a little piece of magic in the Old Town neighborhood. “You just walk beyond that barrier and you leave your life behind—a calm washes over you and you’re in this […]

Lykanthea's Dawn Birds: Asha Rowland, Lakshmi Ramgopal, Johanna Brock, and Erica Miller

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Lykanthea’s Dawn Birds welcome the autumnal equinox with song

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 14, 2021September 20, 2021

Update: Due to a stormy forecast for Tuesday morning, the performance of Lykanthea’s Dawn Birds has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 22, at 6:30 AM. Lakshmi Ramgopal, who makes music as Lykanthea, moved to the east coast in 2016 (she’s an assistant professor of history at Columbia University in New York), but she still considers Chicago […]

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ESS engineer Alex Inglizian on the synth module that changed his life

by Philip Montoro May 30, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of ESS engineer Alex Inglizian, Rob Frye of Bitchin Bajas and Flux Bikes, and the Reader’s Philip Montoro

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Producer and performer Thoom on one of Arab music’s greatest voices

by Philip Montoro May 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of producer and musician Thoom, producer and programmer Scim, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro

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For MCA 50, ambient musician Lykanthea explores culture, history, and identity with her dream ensemble

by Sasha Geffen October 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Lakshmi Ramgopal, who usually performs solo as Lykanthea, bids farewell to the songs on her Migration EP this Saturday with a nine-member multidisciplinary group.

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Chicago musicians speak up about the Affordable Care Act

by Lee V. Gaines February 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Musicians are especially vulnerable to a repeal of Obamacare, and these Chicagoans went on the record to say how.

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How can grassroots musicians fight the Trump beast?

by Lee V. Gaines December 14, 2016August 18, 2021

Adele Nicholas of Axons and Impossible Colors is also a self-employed civil rights lawyer—and she’s releasing a compilation to benefit the Chicago Community Bond Fund.

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Frontwoman Fest returns to the Burlington to celebrate female musicians

by Leor Galil April 8, 2016August 18, 2021

A broad range of Chicago acts featuring female musicians—including Melkbelly, Fury, Lykanthea, and Beat Drun Juel—gather on Saturday for the second Frontwoman Fest.