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Tag: multimedia
Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands
Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands, black digital media platform the TRiiBE crowdfunds new projects, and more.
A rare glimpse into a transformative time at Cook County Jail
The late 1960s was a time of change for the prison thanks to Winston Moore, the country’s first black warden.
‘Summer at LUMA’ features three very different ways of looking at the sacred
Through photography, watercolor, and multimedia drawings, three artists examine humanity’s place in the world.
Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
Alejandra & Aeron
As the proprietors of the Lucky Kitchen label, Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman have released recordings by everyone from local bassist Josh Abrams to big-deal sound artist Stephen Vitiello. But the couple’s own releases are little marvels of packaging that blend music, audio verite, fiction, and visual art. The Tale of Pip (which just received […]