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Liam Kazar
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Chicago indie workhorse Liam Kazar reaches for the sublime on his debut solo album

by Leor Galil August 2, 2021August 18, 2021

Multi-instrumentalist Liam Kazar has been so crucial to my evolving understanding of Chicago’s bustling, magnanimous music scene that I felt a little heartbroken when he moved to Kansas City in 2019. He’d risen to national fame in the early 2010s as part of the youthful fusion ensemble Kids These Days, whose idealistic collision of jazz, […]

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John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 2, 2019August 18, 2021

John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands, self-described “Bruce jazz” trio Poplife play a farewell-for-now show, and more.

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Consummate sideman James Elkington takes the reins—but loosely

by Peter Margasak June 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Former Zincs leader James Elkington plays with Joan Shelley, Tweedy, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, and more—and the new Wintres Woma, his first album under his own name, won’t change that.

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On Fillmore parlay a Brazilian epiphany into another rebirth

by Peter Margasak March 21, 2017August 18, 2021

On Fillmore, the long-running duo of drummer Glenn Kotche and bassist Darin Gray, return after seven years with the loose, accessible Happiness of Living.

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