Dec 24, 2015
It took a little while for Lettuce to start to hit the Chicago market hard, but once they did, they've really gone right after the city's funk and jam lovers.With recent appearances at clubs (Concord) and festivals (Taste Of Randolph, North Coast) and even members playing the "Super Jam" circuit, they are ready...
Dec 2, 2015
Lettuce- Crush [11/4]Funk group Lettuce has become a staple in the festival and jam-band circuits, developing a brand of funk thats both modern and classic. Above all else, the bands music is good fun, as all good funk should be. Crush, the bands fourth studio release, is intended to capture the bands live energy, featuring...
Jun 3, 2015
Annual food-focused street festival Taste Of Randolph comes to the West Loop June 19-21 and brings some big headliners to its music stage.This years festival includes Dinosaur Jr., The Dandy Warhols, Best Coast, Lettuce, Emancipator Ensemble, The New Mastersounds and more.Festival entry is a suggested $10 donation, offering a cheap chance to see some...
Oct 6, 2014
As Rickie Kostiner filed these shots from Lettuce's post-North Coast Festival appearance at Concord Music Hall, it occurred to me how it's not uncommon to see members of Lettuce here in Chicago, but given the nature of the beast, how rare it is to experience the total package.In fact, you may be more familiar...
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...
Oct 24, 2012
This is the second edition of the The Barn's These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One.1. The further and further I get from my youth, the less and less inclined I feel to want to hang out with the people that make the music that I...