This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the January 24th show.Here's what I love about Jazz Underground: I get to discover musicians that have been hiding in plan site forever.This show was partially a tribute to Gary Burton for his birthday. I admit, I'm no Gary Burton...

Real Estate's latest, Atlas, has dropped and it's a welcome return to their atmospheric, indie jangle pop sound.They play Metro next Thursday, March 27th amidst a tour which finds them in major markets stateside and some festival dates across the pond.Meanwhile, the video for one cut from the album, "Crime", takes an interesting...

Modularity is cool. Flow charts are neat. But Led Zeppelin RULES.Here's all three mashed up into one, courtesy of Red Bull (?!).

In early February, I published a piece introducing a new Illinois music festival and doing some speculation on some of the talent that was To Be Announced.Now that the Phase Two lineup has been revealed, let's see how I did... Actually, not bad. but also room for improvement.I suggested that two of...

That thing we pretty much knew about since last year? It's been announced now.Phish will return to FirstMerit Bank Pavillion on Northerly Island for three shows on July 18-20, just about one year to the day of their debut at the venue.Once again, Phish will offer tickets both up front (GA/Reserved) and...

Not even fatherhood can keep a good man down.While Jeff Austin sat out a recent Yonder Mountain String Band run to stay home with his newborn daughter, he couldn't resist just a small run of shows with The Here & Now at the beginning of March, marking some of the last scheduled appearances for...

I think I might have discovered the most fun job in the music business: the guy who makes up the names for the FiyaWerx productions super jams.In concert with Chicago's SilverWrapper, the team that conceived of FiyaFest, FiyaWater, FiyaAid, and WildFiya brought Bone Boys Living Funk Addiction -- a mashup of players and styles...

Words / Photos: Alex WoodThe Del McCoury Band defines traditionalism in the bluegrass genre.The five piece band, including Dels sons Ronnie and Robbie, performed an acoustic set comprising of originals, covers and traditional songs, the musicians huddling around two microphones for amplification.With few older bluegrass veterans left to carry the torch of traditionalism, 75-year...

There was a pure, collective excitement about White Denim at Metro that I haven't felt in a good long time. With so many regular contributors to this site in attendance, I asked a few of them to contribute short thoughts to our "team coverage", while I chime in with my thoughts of my own below....

Mike's long, engaging introduction for guest Sugar Blue at the end of his first set was certainly informed by the type of comedic improv that he experienced first hand during his encounter with Second City at last year's Phish Chicago run. He was personable, funny and interesting.What followed were three perfect choices for a...