Music Top 5: May 2023
Living legends, musical mavericks and inspiring innovators are on tap in this month’s can’t-miss concerts.
Reviews, profiles and news about music in Chicago
at by Robert Rodi
Living legends, musical mavericks and inspiring innovators are on tap in this month’s can’t-miss concerts.
at by Robert Rodi
Composer Alex Temple wrote this suite about her experiences during her transition, but makes those experiences unforgettably accessible to pretty much anyone.
at by Robert Rodi
Frontman Brian McSweeney’s voice is a marvel, purring intimately over a phrase, then launching into a stratospheric keening.
at by Craig Bechtel
Lingua Ignota has evolved from screaming and shrieking to channeling a chanting trope, but her themes are similar, and her anger has clearly not dissipated.
at by Robert Rodi
Some venerable names and some bold younger acts comprise the must-see gigs as we breeze into spring.
at by Dennis Polkow
From the beginning, the boundaries of what is considered Baroque has broadened. “We have played Beethoven, we have even played Mendelssohn,” says Jane Glover.
at by Robert Rodi
The band seems to have figured out that free spirits don’t need to fit into a brand; “free spirits” is a brand.
at by Dennis Polkow
Hillier made recordings with His Majestie’s Clerkes throughout the 1990s. Of Bella Voce, he says, “It took a while to realize that this was the same group!”
at by Robert Rodi
The artists—and the performances—you can’t let yourself miss this month.
at by Robert Rodi
As gifted as she is both as a composer and singer, it’s Half Gringa’s lyrics that launch her into the stratosphere.
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