Displaying items 37-48 of 78
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Next >
-
World Music Festival returns -- free but smaller
The good news: All events at the 14th annual World Music Festival will be free. The bad: The event is smaller than last year's, with 49 shows, compared to last year's 63. "Obviously, in a transition year, you're not working under ideal circumstances,"...
Tags: Gage Park, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), China, Prisons, Navy Pier
-
Highs, lows and turbulent turns at the Chicago Jazz Festival
The Chicago Jazz Festival really ought to be marketed as a roller-coaster ride, its thrilling musical highs counterbalanced by its sudden, plummeting lows. The 34th annual event, which ends Sunday night in Grant Park, careened freely between the two...
Tags: Fred Anderson, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Muhal Richard Abrams, Millennium Park
-
How to awaken a sleeping jazz festival
Two months ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival made a bold move, presenting performances for the first time on the South Side of Chicago, in Ellis Park. Throngs turned out. Next month, the World Music Festival will take a bold step, for the first time...
Tags: Finance, Culture, Arts, Allen Toussaint, Concerts
-
Ira Sullivan's brilliant tribute to Charlie Parker's bebop
How fitting that "August is Charlie Parker Month" festivities at the Jazz Showcase would culminate with a two-week stint by one of the greatest bebop players in the world, multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan. Many top-flight artists cycle through the...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Music Industry, Charlie Parker, Entertainment Events
-
What to hear at the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Now that the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival is fully underway – having kicked off Thursday night at Millennium Park – Chicagoans can focus on figuring out what to catch this weekend. Following is an annotated guide to some of the most...
Tags: Roosevelt University, Fred Anderson, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Howard Reich
-
Nonstop week of music surrounds Chicago Jazz Festival
Though the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival surely has its flaws, it generates tremendous energy and interest for America's greatest gift to the arts: jazz. The festival proper features major shows at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 31 at Pritzker...
Tags: Bix Beiderbecke, Spider (music group), Culture, Miles Davis, Donovan
-
Puerto Rican music meets Chicago jazz in Frank Rosaly's premiere
For anyone intrigued by Chicago jazz, Thursday night's concert at Millennium Park stands as one of the most intensely anticipated event of the summer. But for the widely admired Chicago drummer-composer Frank Rosaly, who will lead the performance, it's...
Tags: Entertainment, Michigan Avenue, Pies and Tarts, Music Industry, Music
-
Q&A: My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James likes to keep himself busy. In addition to his work with the Louisville, Ky., rockers, who released their sixth album, "Circuital," last year, James has evolved into an in-demand collaborator, recording with...
Tags: Entertainment, Woody Guthrie, Bleep (euphemism), Music, Entertainment Events
-
Chicago Jazz Festival preferred seating for Trib Nation
The organizers of the Chicago Jazz Festival have made available some preferred seating for a few of the annual Festival's bigger acts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival kicks off Thursday, Aug. 30 and continues through Sunday, Sept. 2. Here's a...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Lobbying, Tribune Tower, Festive Events, Chicago Jazz Fest
-
Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard, the interview: 'It hurts, there is pain, there are blessings'
From the early ‘80s to the late ‘90s, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry built their own niche in the independent music world as Dead Can Dance, releasing a series of albums on the 4AD label that turned them into one of the most celebrated cult...
Tags: Entertainment, Human Interest, Music, Entertainment Events, Millennium Park
-
An evening with the Orchestra
With summer slipping away, let’s squeeze in another great outdoor activity this wonderful city has to offer…and it’s free to boot! Grab your picnic basket and blanket and head over to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion for an evening with the...
Tags: Cloud Gate, Entertainment Events, Millennium Park
-
Tonight's top show: Chico Trujillo at Millennium Park
Chico Trujillo: This ensemble is part of a new movement of Chilean bands merging traditional elements of cumbia and other ethnic music with ska, hip-hop and rock, topped by lyrics that address contemporary life, 6:30 p.m. Monday with Occidental Brothers...
Tags: Chico Trujillo (music group), Entertainment Events, Millennium Park
Sep 20, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 2, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 24, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 24, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 30, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 21, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 16, 2012
|Story| RedEye
Aug 20, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Aug 15, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 9, 2012
|Story| WGN-AM
Jun 25, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Original site for New Music Mondays Millenium Park topic gallery.