Apr 1, 2019 9:00 AM
Noah Preminger in Perpetual Motion
Concept albums help an artist establish an identity. They’re more than a mere exercise in composing songs as vehicles…
Among his numerous projects, Noah Preminger has written and recorded music based on the films of a distant relative, director Otto Preminger.
Apr 1, 2019 9:00 AM
Concept albums help an artist establish an identity. They’re more than a mere exercise in composing songs as vehicles…
Songs Of Our Native Daughters—a collaborative set from Rhiannon Giddens (left), Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla and Amythyst Kiah—pushes back against expectations of American folk music, setting the record straight with a powerful quartet of black women who play banjos, fiddles and acoustic guitars.
Mar 29, 2019 9:00 AM
When she sings certain songs, Rhiannon Giddens feels herself become an oracle. The medium her messengers speak through…
Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martinez perform at New York’s SubCulture during Winter Jazzfest in January.
Mar 28, 2019 9:00 AM
On Jan. 5—four days after the 60th anniversary of the revolution in Cuba—two sons of that island nation, Alfredo…
The entirety of Solo provides a deluxe reminder of Michael Rother’s impact on modern music.
Mar 27, 2019 9:00 AM
Though his résumé includes a long and varied solo career, Michael Rother’s work often has been discussed in…
Multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart divvies up time between Ohmme and a batch of other projects.
Mar 26, 2019 9:00 AM
With time split among indie-rock band Ohmme, Chicago’s experimental jazz community and a perennial quest for her next…
Michael Wolff’s new release, Swirl, is his first leader date in nearly a decade.
Mar 25, 2019 9:00 AM
Michael Wolff’s father once shared with him a psychiatrist’s perspective on music and life: “Everyone who listens…
Angel Bat Dawid’s The Oracle splices together sonic fragments, spoken word and more.
Mar 22, 2019 9:00 AM
Angel Bat Dawid, a Chicago-based avant-garde composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist, hails from seven…
Multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber tailored her writing on Clockwise to the improvising musicians she assembled for the project.
Mar 20, 2019 9:00 AM
For decades, jazz composers have struggled for the recognition and resources enjoyed by their classically oriented…
Norman Granz (1918–2001)
Mar 18, 2019 9:00 AM
The history of jazz offers a select group of rebels who profoundly bent its fortunes without ever playing a note of…
Magela Herrera perceives her work to be the result of a musical and cultural collision.
Mar 15, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s surprising to hear Havana-born flutist, composer and vocalist Magela Herrera talk about inspiration drawn from…
