Three Beats: Old Town School preps digs and digs deep, Chrome Waves roll in, Vic’s Drum Shop invents a holiday, and Lovely Little Girls reemerge with a new lineup
Tag: Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall
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Soundboard, July 28-August 3
Von Freeman, Dolly Parton, Omar S, Jill Scott, and other notable shows
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Soundboard: June 23-June 30
Loose Dudes, LL Cool J, Hall & Oates, and other notable shows
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Soundboard: June 2-8
Recommended and notable concerts, including Charles Lloyd, Raphael Saadiq, Antietam, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, David Bazan, and Earth
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The List: April 7-13
Music Critics’ Choices and other shows: Joe Lovano, Indian, Robert Plant, Wire, Wormrot, ICP Orchestra, Rempis Percussion Quartet, and more
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The List: March 17-23
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more
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The List: March 3-March 9
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Barrington Levy, Resonance Ensemble, American Heritage, Iron & Wine, Janet Jackson, the Ex, Nels Cline, Rafael Toral, and more
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The List: February 10-16, 2011
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Bobby Conn, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Eternals, Gang of Four, Robyn, Pacifica Quartet, Jeannie Holliday, Deerhoof, and more.
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The List: November 25 – December 1, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Richie Hawtin, Syl Johnson, Bruno Mars, Blind Guardian, Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem, and more
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The List: October 14-20, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Big Freedia, Greg Dulli, Massive Attack, Tarbaby, the Baseball Furies, Olof Arnalds, and more
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The List: September 30-October 6, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Swans, Eels, Prince Rama, the Clean, Atari Teenage Riot, and more
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The Reader’s Guide to the World Music Festival Chicago 2010: Friday, September 24
Noon | Claudia Cassidy Theater Pansori Brecht Though playwright Bertolt Brecht captured his place and time (Europe between the world wars) with incisive, biting detail, his works are nearly as adaptable as Shakespeare’s and have been transposed into other contexts with great success. Pansori is a Korean musical and theatrical tradition that relies to a […]
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The Reader’s Guide to the World Music Festival Chicago 2010: Saturday, September 25
Noon | Claudia Cassidy Theater Artists Documentary Film Screening Marathon Noon Nömadak TX (about Oreka TX) 1:30 PM The Duke of Bachata (about Joan Soriano) 2:30 PM The Other Side of the Water (about DJA-Rara) 1 PM | Edgewater Gralley Festival | $10 suggested donation Black Bear Combo 1 PM | Navy Pier 3 Leg […]
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The Reader’s Guide to the World Music Festival Chicago 2010: Sunday, September 26
Noon | Old Town School of Folk Music | $10, $9 members Jessica Fichot 1 PM | Navy Pier Joan Soriano Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Joan Soriano made his Chicago debut a couple years ago, tagging along on a package tour that presented some of the foundational figures of bachata, the dominant guitar-based music of […]