RECOMMENDED Frankie Knuckles is The Godfather of House Music. Spinning in underground Chicago clubs throughout the eighties, he helped develop the vocal-heavy, electronic gospel-disco sound that is House. He started a DJ residency at Chicago’s Warehouse club, which is said to be where the term “house music” was originally coined. Frankie has remixed tracks for artists like Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan and was awarded a Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year in 2005. Bear Who? grew up in Logan Square, listening to artists like Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk and Fast Eddie. As a young adult, he began DJing with the tight Chicago crew that included Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, DJ Sneak and Bad Boy Bill. His fusion of hip-hop and house music is flawlessly danceable. If you love house music, soul, funk and disco, then don’t miss this chance to be rocked by these influential Chicago performers. (Hilary Rawk) Friday, January 18 at Zentra
For “Want” of a Change: A Preview of Rufus Wainwright at Ravinia Park Rufus Wainwright isn’t the first singer-songwriter to reinterpret earlier work through an orchestral lens. And much of Wainwright’s third and fourth albums, “Want One” and “Want Two”—whose twentieth anniversaries are the prompt for this new tour—is fully scored. But when Wainwright hits the Pavilion stage at Ravinia tonight, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be behind him.
Brutal Finesse: A Preview of King Crimson at Ravinia There have been few new compositions from King Crimson these past two decades, but the live arrangements of songs from its catalog are often strikingly different than the recorded versions.
Cooling It: A Preview of Colleen Green at Cole’s Bar When Green strums power chords or chiming notes on top of her backing track, you might think you’re at Ramones karaoke night and Madonna is taking her turn.
