Kid Sister in the studio, plus a Maps & Atlases LP, new dollies by Archer Prewitt, good-bye to Graeme Gibson, and more
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The List: December 17-23, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Rise Against, the Detroit Cobras, Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang, the Snow Angels, Joan of Arc, and more
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Silverstein celebrated
Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr., and an all-star roster of guests–from Ken Nordine to Will Oldham to Ella Jenkins–fete beloved Chicago writer Shel Silverstein in Millennium Park tonight.
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SHELebration at Millennium Park
Tonight’s Shel Silverstein tribute should be a fine family affair, but check out “The Great Conch Train Robbery” after you put the kids to bed.
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Mr. Tuten Goes to Washington
Tickets go on sale at 4 PM today for the Hideout’s inauguration-eve concert in D.C., featuring Tortoise, the Waco Brothers, Ken Vandermark, and Freakwater, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, and other Chicago acts.
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Nothing says Christmas like cross-dressing
The Hideout Christmas panto, now with more Vikings.
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Sally Timms
Sally Timms is a chameleon: the way she sings depends on the musical environment behind her. On Cowboy Sally’s Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos (1999), recorded with Chicago alt-country pals, her singing had a lullaby sweetness, self-assured and with a gentle twang. But she doesn’t sound nearly so comforting on the new In the World […]
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The Mekons hit the road and the road hits back
In the Whirlaway Tavern, near the corner of Kedzie and Fullerton, the conversation between Sally Timms and Jon Langford keeps getting sidetracked by the American Music Awards on television. LeAnn Rimes is holding the last notes of a syrupy song with a sleepy-eyed grin. “A 14-year-old girl,” Timms notes. “Oh, God,” Langford groans. Maria the […]