Critics Picks: 20 Favorite Chicago Rock Releases of 2012
By my completely unscientific estimation, a billion rock and/or rock-oriented albums were released by Chicago-based bands in 2012, which means that sadly, in my quest to hear all music released by...
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Stellar Pulsations – a new pinnacle of Rob Mazurek’s celestial fixation
Cornetist Rob Mazurek has seemed a manic celestialist over this last half-decade, continually concocting combinations of Chicago collaborators, taking them to the heavens in ambitious conceptual...
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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Jan 16-18th
And now, I present to you – the Ingerbrigt Håker Flaten Festival in Chicago. In the wake of two new recordings, the Norwegian-born bassist hits town Wednesday for three performances – each of which...
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Guillermo Gregorio at Elastic, Thurs. Jan. 31
Many musicians in their 70s are doing well to bring out their trademark licks every once in a while, but Guillermo Gregorio is still moving forward. Born nearly 72 years ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina,...
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Watch City’s founding member Moore releases his debut solo album “White Men...
After a few years of non-stop commutes back and forth from Elgin to Chicago, this Watch City crew founding member Moore, finally got himself a 606 zip code and moved in. In just a few short years his...
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Review: Alkaline Trio “My Shame Is True”
by Moria Dailey Alkaline Trio’s latest album, My Shame Is True (Heart & Skull / Epitaph), is a solid effort that signals a return to the Chicago punk band’s early passion as opposed to the...
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Featured Gospel Single: “I Won’t Give Up”– Percy Bady feat. Canton Jones
“I Won’t Give Up” Percy Bady feat. Canton Jones From the forthcoming Maranatha!Music CD Kingdom Inspirations By Bob Marovich To easy-rolling electronica and an insistent beat, Chicago’s own Percy Bady...
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Preview: vocalist Paul Marinaro in CD-release show at Jazz Showcase June 12
It took the jazz-and-cabaret crooner Paul Marinaro 10 years – the time he has lived and sung in Chicago – to produce his first album. But when you get it right on the first try, no one remembers how...
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Gospel Album Review: Servants of Praise
Servants of Praise “CLC: Live” (released online July 30, 2013) By Bob Marovich It is often said that the most segregated time of the week in Chicago is Sunday morning. But Jon Jones, Worship and Fine...
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Preview: Ben Sidran debuts at Green Mill, August 23-24
Ben Sidran and 88 of his li’l friends On his 30th album, released this past spring, the agelessly hip Ben Sidran includes a song called “Brand New Music” – a pitch-perfect encapsulation of his...
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