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Home » Van Morrison

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Posted inMusic

Local singer-songwriter Thomas Comerford explores the fundamentals on Blood Moon

by Bill Meyer June 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Thomas Comerford is all about the fundamentals. To teach his cinematography students at the School of the Art Institute about lighting, he has them re-create images from their favorite movies—you can see some of their picks, drawn from the history of monster movies, in the video to Comerford’s song “Lord of […]

Posted inMusic

Better Yet podcast host Tim Crisp on a highly anticipated debut album that surpassed all expectations

by Leor Galil November 28, 2018August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Retirement Party front woman Avery Springer, Better Yet podcast host Tim Crisp, and Reader writer Leor Galil

Posted inArts & Culture

John Macsai’s architecture by accident

by Tal Rosenberg March 31, 2016August 18, 2021

Forget the Hancock: The overlooked jewels of Chicago’s skyline have one man in common.

Posted inMusic

Guitarist Ryley Walker on the saxophone quartet that rearranged his brain jelly

by Luca Cimarusti December 17, 2014August 18, 2021

Plus: Bike lawyer Colin Cameron on a song that sounds like Einstürzende Neubauten covering Leonard Cohen, the Reader‘s Luca Cimarusti on everything you could ever want to know about prog rock, and more

Veedon Fleece by Taylor Mauch
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Bad Mashadi front man Ehsan Ghoreishi on the loudest saxophonist in Chicago

by Tal Rosenberg September 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Lamajamal bassist Joey Spilberg and Bad Mashadi front man Ehsan Ghoreishi

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with Van Morrison’s “Dweller on the Threshold”

by Tal Rosenberg March 14, 2014August 18, 2021

A deep cut off of the Irish singer-songwriter’s overlooked 1982 album Beautiful Vision

Sentenced to Life by Black Breath
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In Rotation: Baby Teeth front man Abraham Levitan on M.I.A.’s Fingergate

by Chicago Reader February 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Baby Teeth front man on M.I.A.’s Fingergate, a sixth grader on the merits of Adele

Posted inNews & Politics

Michael Reed, rigger

by Anne Ford September 1, 2011August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Michael Reed, rigger

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