Where: Hilton Chicago
Date: 2008-03-14 00:00:00
Type:
Food, Drinks, ducks, projects, pirates, pranks and knowledge
Where: Millennium Park
Date: 2007-08-09 19:00:00
Type:
Highly critically acclaimed flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell's trajectory is rising fast. Her large and small ensembles have performed all over the world in recent years, mesmerizing audiences with her lyricism and airy spontaneity. Teamed with Chicago's Myra Melford and longtime cohorts Harrision Bankhead, Hamid Drake,and Maia. She has expanded her Black Earth Ensemble for this tribute to the kindred spirit of Alice Coltrane.
Where: The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
Date: 2007-04-21 20:00:00
Type:
The son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara, Nas made his name as a highly skilled rapper with the double whammy of 1994s 'Illmatic' and 1996s 'It Was Written,' albums whose music was crafted with a degree of subtlety and forethought often absent from the genre. Nas is touring in support of his latest, 'Street's Disciple.'
Where: Metro Chicago
Date: 2007-10-31 21:00:00
Type:
Door: 8PM. Cost: $20. Ages: 18+. http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady Night 2 of 2... night 1 is all ages. Pre-sale password: southtown
Where: Millennium Park
Date: 2007-08-23 19:00:00
Type:
Vocalist Dee Alexander is one of Chicago's hidden treasures. Known as a musician's musician, she's capable of tuning her instrument in many ways. "Sirens of Song" will pay tribute to Alexander's musical influences including the wide ranging Nina Simone and native Chicago blues and Jazz diva Dinah Washington.
Where: Schuba's Tavern and Bar
Date: 2007-12-23 20:00:00
Type:
The members of Kim are accomplished players one and all. The musicians craft intricate "math rock" arrangements that are leavened by massively catchy pop hooks, a winning sense of humor and a disarming emotional honesty.
Where: Martyrs'
Date: 2007-12-08 22:00:00
Type:
Justin Roberts is an acclaimed singer-songwriter whose career as a children's musician began when he started teaching preschool. Robbie Fulks performs with a warm, wry and witty style, punctuating several songs with startlingly fast and fluid guitar solos that recalled prime Chet Atkins. Danny Barnes is a guitarist, banjoist and songwriter formerly of the group the Bad Livers.
Where: Beat Kitchen
Date: 2008-04-25 21:30:00
Type:
Led by guitarist Brian Dixon and frontman Jesse Wagner, the band effortlessly blends the most authentic '60s Jamaican sound with its own brand of raw intensity and grit. The Drastics are a Chicago based dub reggae band whose music highlights the diverse Afro-Cuban influences of Afro-pop, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, dancehall and R&B.
Where: Metro Chicago
Date: 2008-05-03 20:00:00
Type:
The Drive-By Truckers specialize in down-home Southern rock.