By: Philamonjaro StudioThursday, May 26th 2016 local Chicago band The Lucky Dutch rattled therafters at The Double Door, a release party for Cadillac Coffin.Yes, the album's title hearkens back to Stevie Ray Vaughan via Bill Carter tune "Willie The Wimp", and the quartet --Nathan Graham (lead guitar/vocals), ClaireCorriveau(keyboards/vocals), David Padula (bass), and...

By: Howard Greenblatt Is that Tom Petty on bass guitar? That's the way it goes at Mudcrutch, a band resurrected now for the second time and touring behind the appropriately named 2 album. But that doesn't mean Petty's fingerprints aren't all over this project. You'll find his familiar presence (looking more aging-hippie than ever), songwriting, and...

By Ryan Mannix | Photo: carmelocorn InstagramA Thursday night tradition,Family Groove Company is somehow the first band I see at Summer Camp every year. It's fitting that the Illinois based outfit gets the weekend started for the quintessential Illinois festival, having played the festival since its earliest days as a small jam-band gathering.The group...

Blottopia had a nice long run at a single location through 2011, but since then, the only constant (besides Mr. Blotto's covers of classic albums) has been change, as they switch things up at various locations throughout the region.The team has decided to move again for the 17th edition of Blotto's summer classic, this time...

This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundwas culled from the May 13thbroadcast.The set kicks off with Pat Martino doing Stevie Wonder's Too High for Stevie's birthday.The birthday celebrations continued with Airto and Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine (yes, that's Herbie Hancock on keys) tunes. What were these tracks celebrating? Creed Taylor's birthday -- he...

Photo: Philamonjaro StudioTortoise returned to Chicago earlier this month -- following up their in-the-round performance with a a more traditional club date at Metro.The show was recorded and shared via the sweethblahg tumbler and we thought it'd be a nice service to fans to have it available for streaming.The band will play the...

By: Alex WoodFor My Morning Jacket fans, It Still Moves is a holy grail of sorts. The album, released in 2003, is arguably the bands first fully realized full-length record, a flawless testament to the raw energy and songwriting capabilities that have earned MMJ its diehard following over time.The songs on It Still Moves have...

 From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time comes a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success, born of the New York City club scene of the late 1980s and 90s.Moby released his...

By: Philamonjaro StudioBen Folds -- along with the Brooklyn-based chamber ensemble yMusic -- is seeking totake his music in a new and different direction.That was the case on Friday, May 13th when these musicians got together at Chicago's Riviera Theatre.Ben Folds used this format to combinehis familiar sarcastic-pop, piano-driven style weare familiar with...

Photos: Howard Greenblatt | Video by dreadnickmonWhile full band Little Feat shows may not fill the calendar like they used to, Paul Barerre and Fred Tackett still collaborate, carrying the torch of that great band to points far and wide.On Friday, May 13th, the duo arrived at Fitzgerald's for a typically great night of roots...