This year's Dunn Dunn Fest kicked off on Thursday with a set featuring Tom Hamilton's American Babies and one of the city's most cherished rooms, The Hideout.Hamilton led the band through a long set with several transitions and a handful of covers.  The Beatles and Dylan each got a prime cut, but Jerry...

By: @312mrgSongwriting is amathematical equation rooted in art -- and it blows my mind. To the layman, it evolves coding and decoding, instant translation and digestion, and the courage to present a final product as something worthy of consumption.Tom Hamiltonseems to embrace these concepts for entire albums... and even tours. Painstakingly assemblingtracks exactly how...

What Does It Mean to Be?: An Interview with Tom Hamiltonby @312mrg Tom Hamilton returns to Chicago this week at one of the city's most perfect venue, Schubas, for a Thursday night show. [We're giving away some tickets... So go grab yourself some].By now, his -name should be familiar. Youve possibly seen him with...

To honor the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, Summer Camp promised a series of four scheduled sets (one for each day of the festival) which honored the legacy of the band. Of course, you can't keep a good concept down, and attendees actually got a few more.We've assembled a post spotlighting video and audio...

This is the seventh edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams check out the entire My Jams series.1. "War Pigs" is standard issue cover for bands looking to get in touch with a bit of their heavier...

Contributed by: Mike Guzaski - @312mrgTom Hamilton spent over ten years fronting the Philadelphia based jamtronica act Brothers Past. While BP still tours, and he fills his plate with the occasional side product or super-group (Joe Russo's Almost Dead, anyone?), his focus, attention, and energy is centered on the Americana/blues/folk/rock concoction that...

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Each year brings a little something different for the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. From big shows and headliners to outrageous special guests to diverse lineups and even a three night String Cheese run; the fest has followed its own muse to bring best and brightest to Chicago. In 2014 the fest takes a more "South...