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Album review: Atoms for Peace, 'Amok'
2.5 stars (out of 4) There’s a skip to Thom Yorke’s step from the get-go on his first album with Atoms for Peace, the side project the Radiohead singer introduced on tour in 2009-10. Atoms for Peace includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers&...
Tags: Music, Radiohead (music group), Thom Yorke, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (music group), Lotus (music group)
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Jazz bass legend Charlie Haden yearns to perform again
The revered jazz bassist Charlie Haden hopes he can give a brief speech when he picks up his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy the day before the Grammys are broadcast on Feb. 10. But Haden sometimes has difficulty speaking, and...
Tags: Music, Ceremonies, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Music Theater, Howard Reich
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Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience
Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process. Starting in the mid-1950s, in fact, he emerged as a symbol of jazz in America, and well beyond, gracing the cover of Time magazine...
Tags: Music, Justice and Rights, Ravinia Festival, Duke Ellington, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jazz Scene: Jack DeJohnette in hometown to mark hitting 70
Drummer Jack DeJohnette is having a very good year. In January, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, widely considered the country's highest jazz honor. Subsequent accolades from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in February and...
Tags: Music, Muhal Richard Abrams, Culture, Thelonious Monk, Columbia College Chicago
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Fred Hersch's glisteningly beautiful pianism
One hesitates to leap to too many conclusions based on the work that pianist Fred Hersch turned in on his newest recording, "Alive at the Vanguard," and his performance Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase. But in both instances, Hersch played with a...
Tags: Music, Jerome Kern, Concerts, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Entertainment
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When does Joe Segal get his Jazz Masters award?
Until three weeks ago, no jazz club owner ever had been selected to receive the country's pre-eminent jazz honor: the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Fellowship, which carries with it $25,000 and considerable prestige. Anyone who follows...
Tags: Music, Lester Young, Environmental Issues, Howard Reich, Endangered Species
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Album review: Neneh Cherry, 'The Cherry Thing'
3.5 stars (out of 4) Neneh Cherry was a rising star in 1989 with a debut album, “Raw Like Sushi,” that mashed up hip-hop, punk, jazz and dance and yielded an international hit, “Buffalo Stance.” Since then, the Swedish vocalist...
Tags: Music, Yoko Ono, Neneh Cherry, Entertainment, Vocal Music (genre)
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Concert review: Fleet Foxes at Chicago Theatre
“Why in the night sky are the lights hung?/Why is the Earth moving around the Sun?”
So many questions, so few answers. At the Chicago Theatre on Friday in the first of two-sold-out concerts, Robin Pecknold and his band Fleet Foxes stood in...Tags: Union Park, Arts, Pitchfork Music Festival, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture
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Album review: Neneh Cherry and the Thing's 'The Cherry Thing'
Pop & Hiss"I think I'm built to last," sings Neneh Cherry on "Cashback," the opening track on "The Cherry Thing," her cacophonic collaboration that is something of her comeback. Cherry started her career with the punk-influenced collective Rip Rig + Panic but...... -
Album Review: Charlie Haden and Hank Jones' 'Come Sunday'
Pop & HissAlbum Review: Charlie Haden and Hank Jones' 'Come Sunday' written by Chris Barton.... -
Music review: John Cage in a motel room as part of PST
Culture MonsterMark Swed reviews the final event of the PST Performance and Public Art Festival, a series of illuminating John Cage-related micro concerts in various rooms of the Welcome Inn motel in Eagle Rock.... -
Tracing the history of music with Spotify's new Facebook timeline
Pop & HissSpotify unveiled a Facebook Timeline that seeks to offer a chronology of music from the last 900 years. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts takes a look at the entries and makes a few suggestions....
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