Chicago string quartet D-Composed takes chamber music outside the institutions that have long excluded Black musicians and audiences.
Tag: Solange
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Latham Zearfoss of Chances Dances on a Solange album for the ages
Current musical obsessions of Chances Dances cofounder Latham Zearfoss, artist and educator Jen Delos Reyes, and Reader music listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
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Singer and poet Tasha on She Shreds and the missing legacy of black women guitarists
Current musical obsessions of singer and poet Tasha, musician and producer Kamaria Woods, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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Rauner: Trump’s Charlottesville comments ‘damage America,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Attorney General Sessions slams Emanuel, Chicago yet again.
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Twenty-three stunning portraits of black women at Pitchfork 2017
Photographer Zakkiyyah Najeebah highlights black women’s presence at this year’s Pitchfork festival.
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The Reader’s takes on the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival
Our preview package covers Solange and the breadth of black cultural expression, Jeff Rosenstock and Pitchfork’s relationship to DIY, Survive and music media’s infatuation with prestige TV, and much more.
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Solange supports black Chicago creatives at Pitchfork and beyond
Solange and her Saint Heron collective show off the depth and richness of the city’s black cultural expression with a festival installation and three off-site events.
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Pitchfork’s Chris Kaskie and Ryan Schreiber on the festival’s future here, the site’s role in the streaming era, and more
Outgoing Pitchfork president Chris Kaskie and Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber talked to Reader contributor J.R. Nelson.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its complete 2017 lineup
PJ Harvey, the Avalanches, George Clinton, and Priests (among dozens of others) join previously announced Pitchfork headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange.
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CPS will have to end current school year 20 days early without more state funding, and other Chicago news
Also, Pitchfork’s headliners are Solange, LCD Soundsystem and A Tribe Called Quest.
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In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump’s name.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Danny Chaimson, musician and wedding-band owner
This week’s Chicagoan is Danny Chaimson, musician and wedding-band owner.
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Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
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Recapping the Pitchfork festival’s much less rainy second day
The comedy stylings of Pissed Jeans, the apocalyptic ritual of Swans, the bowstring-taut postpunk of Savages, the adorable accents of Belle & Sebastian, and so much more you can barely stand it
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Sunday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
Sunday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork