Jan 31, 2017
Tributes continue to pour in, honoring the great Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band, who passed away last Tuesday. While I don't think anything can surpass the Tedeschi Trucks Band performance of "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" in terms of beauty and emotion, a pair of guitar slingers just now embarking on...
Jan 31, 2017
Rumors are circulating that the Prince catalog will appear on Spotify in coordination with the 2017 Grammy Awards.Fueling the speculation are a series of largely wordless outdoor ads in Prince's favorite color, dotting buidlings and Subway platforms in New York and London.Some of the purple @Spotify ads that were spotted in 4 instance #NewYork...
Jan 30, 2017
News spread quickly last week that Star Wars: Episode VIII had a fresh new title: The Last Jedi.And while filmgoers will have to wait until December to see what the exactly that title refers to (though there is no shortage of speculation), Mountain Goats' John Darnielle has took his own swipe at it --...
Jan 30, 2017
In the 90s, guitarist Fareed Haque was Chicago jam fan's little secret.But something happened at the the dawn of the new Millenium that put jam fans on notice from coast to coast.The virtuoso jazz & fusion guitarist co-founded, a Midwest / West Coast collective that allowed Fareed to add "jam" to the already...
Jan 30, 2017
Guitarist Ryley Walker hits Evanston's SPACE this coming Wednesday with his trio, but a trio of a different sort stopped by the The Hideout on Saturday night. Joel Berk (@pfcidb) was on hand and captured audio of the appearance. He has offered a stream of the show to accompany the download hosted at...
Jan 26, 2017
Photo: @stacymmccannFresh of a remarkable Chicago run, the Tedeschi Trucks Band hit other Midwest markets when they got the terrible news of Butch Trucks' passing.But apparently the show must go on, at least the St. Louis stop did, and the band gave it all they could in honor of Derek's departed uncle, Wedensday...
Jan 26, 2017
For a master class in the early days psychedelic rock and the growth of live concerts in America, the last place you might expect to go is Skokie, Illinois. Perhaps even less likely at a Holocaust Museum.But impresario Bill Graham was a survivor. Born Wolodia Grajonca, he was a refugee who...
Jan 25, 2017
Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks, founding member and drummer of The Allman Brothers Band, has passed away at age 69 on Tuesday.Thank you, Butch for years of incredible music behind the kit. At its finest, the ABB was an unyielding rhythmn machine, and Butch provided the driving force. His music paved the way for...
Jan 24, 2017
By May, Amazon Video subscribers will get a chance to watch (or maybe more appropriately binge-watch) the nearly four hour documentary on the Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip, which had its world premiere last night at the Sundance Film Festival.There's a whole cottage industry of chronicling the Grateful Dead in print and film, and...
Jan 24, 2017
Words: Alex Wood | Photo: @amacatlettThough Ben Gibbard has become a household name in the indie scene thanks to Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Services undying popularity, the songwriter enjoys an especially strong following in Chicago.His first of two sold-out nights at Thalia Hall justified this following, with Gibbard offering an eclectic...