Feature: Chicago Embraces a Major Talent: Clarice Assad
One of the more recent arrivals to Chicago’s vibrant art music scene is a product of a musical family in Brazil. Clarice Assad had lived in Chicago on and off […]
It’s the Penultimate Edition of Bandcamp Friday, So Let’s Get Some More Local Music
Maybe it’s because we’re past the one-year mark since the pandemic started, but March seemed to fly by. We’re in April and it’s time for another Bandcamp Friday! What started […]
Review: How Soul Got Its Soul, Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power, by Aaron Cohen
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 […]
Preview: Bach Week Festival 2021 and Fundraiser Set to Return Following Pandemic Hiatus
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 […]
Feature: Music Institute of Chicago Continues its Mission, Pandemic or Not
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 […]
Start Your March with Bandcamp Friday and Pick Up Some Local Music!
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 […]
It’s a New Year and Another Round of Bandcamp Friday
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 […]
Review: Brandi Carlile’s Virtual House Concert–Almost Like Being There
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’s Live-Streamed The Four Seasons: A Thaw in Our Dark Winter
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. […]
“Oh Oh,” AWEFUL Is Back With A New Video!
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 […]
Preview: Music Institute of Chicago to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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 […]
2020 in Review: What We Liked in Music
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 […]