This was a nice surprise with my morning coffee. YouTuber izeoftheworldphotos has uploaded the full show video from one this weekend's Chicago Soulgrass shows at Abbey Pub. This band featured half of Umphrey's McGee jamming with Bill on sax and included plenty of fusion-y goodness, some Umphrey's tunes and superb playing all around.These videos...

If Afrobeat and Led Zeppelin are the chocolate and peanut butter of music, Afro Zep is the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of cover bands. As luck would have it, they're perfect for Chicago festival season as well, and the organizers of Bash On Wabash figured that out.Our friend Wyatt was on hand to capture...

From the sounds of the singing along on this recording, it seems like the crowd was really into it!For some more perspective and an incredible photo set. Check out Greg Kot's Tribune Review.The StreamDownload Entire Show[/box]Bastards Of Young!

I know you can't keep score when it comes to live music, but I've always kind of considered one of my early concerts a badge of honor. On July 4th, 1991, as a recent high school grad, I managed to trek downtown to catch what turned out to be the "final" concert by The Replacements at...

Does listening to certain music ever make you feel smarter? That's how I feel whenever I listen to Tortoise. They fill a certain intellectual space that other bands don't -- coupling instinctive listening and responding with something that requires a bit more brain power. Is it jazz? Rock? Something else? Why does this grab me...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from two shows, first August 30th and the September 6th.Once again, Paul's playlists provided some Spotify puzzles so I had to make a handful of substitions and supplements (with some videos below). Some quick things to look out forOne of the videos features...

Furthur played three shows at the Lock'n festival this past weekend welcoming a bevy of festival guests.  There was so much jam focus, collaborations were all but inevitable.  Sure, we would have loved to see Neil Young, who was scheduled to play before Crazy Horse's guitarist was sidelined with a hand injury, make...

There's always a local component toNotes From The Jazz Underground, but this week's show stayed particularly close to home, featuring a ton of Chicago Jazz and and interview with sax player Frank Catalano.Frank spoke with host Paula Abella about his new project with Percy Jones (Brand X, Brian Eno, Soft Machine) and Jimmy Chamberlin (...

Photos and additional reporting by Adam McCallThere's something going on in Aurora.Wait... Aurora? Home of Wayne's World? Closer to Joliet than Chicago? Well, actually, yeah.We've been hip to the fine Two Brothers Brewery for a while now. Their brewpub is situated in the old Burlington Northern Roundhouse at the end of the line...

The Chicago Jazz Festival always has a great lineup.  But one of the biggest grabs in their history was Miles Davis in 1990, a year before he died at the age of 65.From the very beginning of his career, Miles had sent audiences through the stylistic wringer, diving deep in to all sorts of heavy...