Move on Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power By Aaron Cohen University of Chicago Press One of the pleasures of reading Aaron Cohen’s 2019 Move On Up: Chicago […]
Planning continues for an abbreviated version of Evanston’s Bach Week Festival to celebrate the music of the baroque master, Johann Sebastian Bach. Last year’s event was a COVID-19 casualty. This […]
One of Chicago’s longest serving music organizations has continued to operate under the trying circumstances posed by a pandemic. While COVID-19 has affected the ways in which the Music Institute […]
Bandcamp Fridays have been helping bands during the pandemic by waiving their usual fees on the very first Friday of the month. This fantastic monthly event has allowed more money […]
While Bandcamp Fridays may have taken January off, that won’t be the case for the foreseeable future. Bandcamp Fridays, which started as a way of helping bands make a little […]
The concert by Brandi Carlile and her band at Huntington Bank Pavilion in June 2019 was the first that I covered for Third Coast Review. The atmosphere was electric […]
Music of the Baroque planned a huge 2020-21 season. A celebration of the ensemble’s 50th anniversary that was to run from September to May before live audiences. The season was to include the massive St. […]
It’s been a while since I last wrote about AWEFUL, but the Chicago power trio hasn’t been sitting idle. They may not be able to play live or tour right […]
The Music Institute of Chicago will be streaming free events this weekend to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the following Sunday the MIC will be […]
Much like everything else in 2020, music was a little weird. Amazing albums came out bereft of the typical touring cycle and songs got lost under the weight of COVID […]
A long time ago (last year) in a galaxy far, far, away (Ukrainian Village), I saw the Foons perform the opening set at the Empty Bottle. It feels like a […]
The liveliness of music is what moves people. An authentic, simple, yet warming tone is what Luke Ray creates when he picks up his guitar. Ray grew up in a […]