RECOMMENDED For over the last decade, Londoner Asad Rizvi has been cranking out a steady flow of bumpin’ cuts and remixes, both as a solo artist and in partnership with the likes of Nathan Coles and Ashley Casselle (to name a few). Tonight, Rizvi drops in on Chicago, where his global take on techy, funky house will find a receptive audience, regardless of what side of the aural spectrum is preferred. And as for global, you can’t get much more global than being featured in mixes from nineties Global Underground titans like Anthony Pappa and Nick Warren. More recently, Rizvi has been appointed OM Record’s London resident, and his re-teaming with Casselle has yielded a sublime trip-quirky bounce in “Muffin Bazooka” and “Wafflehostage.” Adding to Rizvi’s far-reaching sounds will be strong local deck support in Shifty Johnson, twodeep and one of our favorite hometown jocks, the ever-versatile Striz—whose Illmeasures crew will be fortifying the Victor Hotel’s sound system for proper globetrotting boom. (Duke Shin) Saturday, March 22 at Victor Hotel
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.
Can’t-Miss Music Events (Fall Arts Preview 2023) This fall we get new albums and tours from iconic acts like Wilco and Kurt Elling, plus a Corrine Bailey Rae project inspired by Theaster Gates' Stony Island Arts Bank.
