This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from September 27th, which marked Paul's 2nd anniversary doing the show. After launching the program Sunday afternoons against Paul Buckley's nationally renown jazz radio show, Abella was able to find his voice on Friday evenings.This week's playlist features a bit of everything that...

Australian Beatles cover band The Beatnix recorded this for an Aussie television show, The Money or The Gun, that featured a different band covering "Stairway To Heaven" each week. It's a brilliant juxtaposition of "Stairway To Heaven" lyrics over the Beatles early 60's jangle rock like "Please Please Me" and "I Want To Hold Your...

I was pretty disappointed that no significant audio or video came out of Jeff's Durty Nellie's gig in August, especially since I spent some time talking with him in advance of it. However, was pleased to find YouTuber MyTallTripod, who covers Indiana bluegrass and newgrass extensively, captured his full show at The Bluebird in Bloomington....

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from Friday, September 20th. Paul's theme for the evening was (in your best Austin Powers accent) "Do I Make You Horny, Baby?"What does that mean? All brass bands, big bands and multiple horn led ensembles. This is definitely a playlist that gets an "...

We do our best to bring you the best audio and video from Chicago shows of interest by great bands. Here's one that nearly slipped under our radar, not because we don't love Greenksy Bluegrass (and believe me, if there was a word stronger than love, it would definitely apply here), but because it wasn't...

Chicago's Auditorium Theater is a beautiful place to see a show, especially one as majestic and sweeping as Sigur Rs. Check out this stream of their show from their fall 2013 tour.The StreamDownload Entire Set (mp3 .zip)[/box]

The dedicated fans that descended upon Martyrs from all over the country this weekend got what they came for: a one-0f-a-kind collaboration between Steve Kimock and Dan Lebowitz. The mix of material from each of the principals provided an unusual balance between Steve's patient and exploratory songwriting and Dan's more grounded pop-based approach.Saturday...

There was a certain buzz last weekend around something called "A Night Of Davids" Friday night at Bottom Lounge. The premise: a musical tribute to two singular and much revered singers and songwriters, David Byrne and David Bowie.Of course, we've been blessed with This Must Be The Band in Chicago for several years now...

For the week of September 13th, the broadcast ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundburst from its normal 2 hour confines and turned into a 3 hour affair. Highlights from this overstuffed show included:An interview with Chicagoan Ben Scholz about his band's (the Elec Tet) new disc, Shiny Metal Objects, Three tracks from the album, which alsofeatures the...

Words & Photos: Matt Van GronigenThe crowd was packed tight and it was a challenge to navigate the bodies during of Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers performance at Lincoln Hall. As part of this event, the audience submitted their dreams to be projected on the wall during the performance. Yes, World Peace made the list,...