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    May 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Israeli Jazz Festival brings Middle Eastern sounds to Chicago

    Though its population hovers at just 8 million, Israel has become a powerhouse in nurturing high-caliber jazz talent.
    Though its population hovers at just 8 million, Israel has become a powerhouse in nurturing high-caliber jazz talent. Chicago concertgoers are well acquainted with Anat Cohen, the uncommonly versatile Israeli clarinetist who's based in New York and...

    Tags: Theater, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Stafford (Tolland, Connecticut), Concerts

    2. May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Tonight's top show: James Cotton at Mayne Stage

    James Cotton: As a boy growing up in Mississippi, Cotton learned to play harp from Sonny Boy Williamson, and later was a key member of Muddy Waters’ tough-as-nails Chicago blues band. Now he’s a band leader in his own right, with a series of...

    Tags: James Cotton

    3. May 9, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Miguel de la Cerna tells a tragic story with 'Almas Perdidas' ('Lost Souls')

    Chicago jazz musician Miguel de la Cerna likes to refer to himself as "your basic piano player, commercial musician," but that modest self-assessment greatly understates the case.
    Chicago jazz musician Miguel de la Cerna likes to refer to himself as "your basic piano player, commercial musician," but that modest self-assessment greatly understates the case. De la Cerna proved the point dramatically last year, when he partnered...

    Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arts and Culture, Stranger Than Fiction, Politics, Interior Policy

    4. May 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Blues legend James Cotton tells his story, in song

    Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about.
    Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about. He toiled on a Mississippi plantation from earliest childhood, found himself orphaned at age 9, practically was raised by blues master Sonny Boy Williamson II and flourished as a...

    Tags: Muddy Waters, Keb' Mo' , Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Lincoln Center, Howard Reich

    5. May 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Chicago band Switchback keeping musical options open

    Former Chicagoan Ron Pen holds a very lengthy and lofty title at the University of Kentucky in Lexington: Professor; Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music; Coordinator, Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology.
    Former Chicagoan Ron Pen holds a very lengthy and lofty title at the University of Kentucky in Lexington: Professor; Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music; Coordinator, Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology. You might think him...

    Tags: Theater, Rogers Park, Concerts, Music Theater, Entertainment Events

    6. Apr 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets ready for his close-up

    When singer-pianist Diane Schuur headlined at the Jazz Showcase last week, she wasn't the most commanding player on stage.
    When singer-pianist Diane Schuur headlined at the Jazz Showcase last week, she wasn't the most commanding player on stage. At leat not whenever Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger stepped up to solo. Each time he brought the mouthpiece to his lips,...

    Tags: Theater, Concerts, Green Mill (club), Music Theater, Entertainment Events

    7. Feb 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Baroque-style 'Dido' shows off Haymarket at its best

    With no opera earlier than Mozart on next season's Lyric Opera schedule, and with the new regime at Chicago Opera Theater focusing on 20th century rarities, the Haymarket Opera Company has baroque opera all to itself, now and for the foreseeable future.
    With no opera earlier than Mozart on next season's Lyric Opera schedule, and with the new regime at Chicago Opera Theater focusing on 20th century rarities, the Haymarket Opera Company has baroque opera all to itself, now and for the foreseeable future....

    Tags: Dance, Rogers Park, Entertainment Events, Music Industry, Music

    8. Feb 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Haymarket carves out authentic niche in baroque chamber opera

    From its debut in 2011, the Haymarket Opera Company has thrived by putting on repertory of the sort no other Chicago group has investigated as thoroughly – unusual baroque chamber operas using period instruments and historically informed stage direction, movement and design. These intimate rarities have felt perfectly at home in Mayne Stage, a cabaret-style theater in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood that seats 230 and serves drinks during performances.
    From its debut in 2011, the Haymarket Opera Company has thrived by putting on repertory of the sort no other Chicago group has investigated as thoroughly – unusual baroque chamber operas using period instruments and historically informed stage...

    Tags: Theater, Dance, Arts and Culture, London Theatre, Rogers Park

    9. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Flatlanders find new life with 'lost' recording

    The Flatlanders – the West Texas trinity of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock  -- were about 50 years behind the times and 15 years ahead of it, Ely once surmised. The band left behind a batch of songs recorded in 1972 and then disappeared, leaving behind a legacy that inspired countless bands and movements over the decades. As the Velvet Underground were to punk and postpunk, the Flatlanders were to outlaw and outsider country.
    The Flatlanders – the West Texas trinity of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock  -- were about 50 years behind the times and 15 years ahead of it, Ely once surmised. The band left behind a batch of songs recorded in 1972 and then...

    Tags: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Music, Entertainment

    10. Jan 4, 2013 |Column| RedEye

  10. Interview and performance: Boots Riley and the Coup

    Never before has an interview subject assumed/joked that RedEye was a communist newspaper. Fans of Boots Riley’s veteran, socially conscious hip-hop act The Coup probably won’t be surprised that he mentioned it.
    Never before has an interview subject assumed/joked that RedEye was a communist newspaper. Fans of Boots Riley’s veteran, socially conscious hip-hop act The Coup probably won’t be surprised that he mentioned it. “Do people assume that...

    Tags: Biz Markie, Government, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike

    11. Dec 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Bassist Matt Ulery's 'By a Little Light' breakthrough album is triumph of '12

    What a year this has been for Chicago bassist-composer Matt Ulery.
    What a year this has been for Chicago bassist-composer Matt Ulery. His breakthrough album, "By a Little Light" (Greenleaf Music), has been turning up on best-of-year lists, including NPR's and the Chicago Tribune's. He has taken this hauntingly...

    Tags: Concerts, Green Mill (club), DePaul University, NPR, Entertainment

    12. Sep 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. World Music Festival returns -- free but smaller

    The good news: All events at the 14th annual World Music Festival will be free.
    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: Arts and Culture, Brazil, University of Chicago, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Concerts

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