Fort Frances Stories

Taste Of Chicago Announces Main and Side Stage Music Acts, Tickets On Sale

Taste of Chicago has announced headliners at Petrillo Music Shell for this summer's Taste Of Chicago. As always, admission to Grant Park's Butler Field is free, but to get up close in one of the GA areas in the bandshell, you'll have to purchase tickets via TicketWeb.This year's line-up features hip-hop, indie, some truly "...

Fort Frances Condenses Sufjan Steven's Chicago To Single Instrument

Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" earned a place of honor our our Great Chicago Mixtape. It's lush arrangement and chamber-rock sensibility makes it a distinctive choice in that playlist.But what if that was broken down, disassembled and rearranged with only a single instrument?That's what Chicago trio Fort Frances attempts to do on their cover of...

Cranky Old Rock Star Interviews, Pauls Boutique Reconstructed, Plinko Defined, Ungooglable Band Names, More...

When my favorite cranky old rock stars release new albums, they often give cranky interviews. Here'a a few:Bob Dylan just comes right out and calls his critics pussies (and wussies)Not gonna lie, I'm very much looking forward to reading Waging Heavy Peace -- here's a nice long form New York Times interview of...