Mar 11, 2016
Nth Depth with Nick CassarinoBy: @312mrgProof that the harder you work, the more you will be rewarded -- the Nth Powerbeen busting ass for the better part of threeyears together, afterforming at Jazz Fest in 2012 and immediately clicking.The 4 Ns-- Nigel Hall (keys), Nikki Glaspie (drums), Nate Edgar (bass) and Nick Cassarino (guitar) -- knew...
Dec 18, 2013
In the same city, on the same stage, separated by just under two weeks, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic and Lettuce delivered huge sets to enthusiastic Chicago funkateers. As usual, P-Funk created an absolute spectacle (rendered here in video and Adam McCall's superb photography), invoking their decades-in-the-making mythology to evangelize the power of the funk.Lettuce,...
Aug 1, 2013
On the site of a former Latin music club, Chicago's newest venue -- Concord Music Hall -- will open up on Milwaukee Avenue tonight with a performance by Adam Ant.Mr. Ant doesn't get us too excited, but some of the initially announced bookings sure do. And given that the enterprise is being booked by...