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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Swedish power-metal titans Sabaton continue to explore the Great War by Monica Kendrick

Founded in 1999, Swedish power-metal veterans Sabaton cast a microscopic gaze on the horrors of war with a sweeping, majestic, and anthemic sound that walks the line between empathizing with…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Reader’s guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2022 by Philip Montoro, Leslie Allison, Leor Galil, Aaron Cohen, Jamie Ludwig, Sandra Treviño, Catalina Maria Johnson, Monica Kendrick, Joshua Minsoo Kim, James Porter, Hannah Edgar, Steve Krakow, Bill Meyer, Jacob Arnold, Noah Berlatsky, Kelley Tatro and Mark G

The term “world music” has never been adequate to the task we’ve set it—even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […] The post The…

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Guitarist Yonatan Gat and the Eastern Medicine Singers combine avant-garde jazz and rock with Native American music by Monica Kendrick

The Eastern Medicine Singers are a traditional Algonquin drum and vocal group based in Rhode Island. They sing mostly in several Algonquian languages, some of which are nearly extinct, and […

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PM
Monday, August 29, 2022

Scorched Tundra XII celebrates heavy music from Sweden, Chicago, and beyond by Monica Kendrick

Promoter Alexi Front began his love affair with Scandinavian metal in the mid-2000s by publishing a zine and running a label. He started the Scorched Tundra festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, […

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:00PM
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Peaches celebrates the 20th sexiversary of her debut full-length, The Teaches of Peaches by Monica Kendrick

After COVID quashed touring for much of 2020 and 2021, we seem to have collectively agreed that anyone celebrating a significant album anniversary could do their victory lap whenever they da…

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Sumac headline a night of dynamic, heavy music by Monica Kendrick

The title track of Sumac’s latest album, 2020’s May You Be Held (Thrill Jockey), is a tough-love affirmation built for trying times, when soothing sounds just don’t cut it anymore and …

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Friday, July 22, 2022

Chicago’s Lilac headline a heavy triple bill with North Carolina’s Wailin Storms and local trio the Poison Arrows by Monica Kendrick

Lilac are essentially a Chicago supergroup of musicians who’ve done time in underrated bands. They include former Cacaw and Coughs front woman Anya Davidson (also an underground comics art…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Friday, July 8, 2022

Hulder spreads the dark wings of her black-metal hybrid on her first full-band tour by Monica Kendrick

Named for a type of eerie forest spirit from Scandinavian folklore, Hulder is the project of multi-instrumentalist Marz Riesterer (aka Marliese Beeuwsaert, formerly of Bleeder, where she was…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PM
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Wovenhand’s David Eugene Edwards comes to Chicago for a rare solo performance by Monica Kendrick

It’s been a long wait since Wovenhand’s 2016 album, Star Treatment, though disciples of founder David Eugene Edwards were fed well by his rich and mysterious 2018 collaboration with Alex…

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

In their second incarnation, Racetraitor find a progressive movement ready for their politics by Monica Kendrick

After Chicago political hardcore powerhouse Racetraitor disbanded in 1999, a fog of legend grew in their wake. Motivated by their frustration at the bilious 2016 presidential campaign cycle …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PM
Monday, May 16, 2022

London label Touch brings its 40th-anniversary celebration to the International Museum of Surgical Science by Monica Kendrick

London-based Touch isn’t a record label in the traditional sense; it’s far more multifaceted. It might be more accurate to describe Touch as a collective that also extends into publishin…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards