Music Top 5: November 2018

1
SABA
(Concord Music Hall)
The West Side rapper hosts the second annual John Walt Day benefit, named for his late cousin and major influence, with proceeds going to Chicago youth.
November 24

2
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
(Thalia Hall)
For the twentieth anniversary of her seminal album “Car Wheels On a Gravel Road,” the country-blues legend and her band BUICK 6 perform the entire album to benefit the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry.
November 16

3
ROSANNE CASH
(Old Town School)
The impeccably pedigreed country singer-songwriter tours her highly anticipated new release, “She Remembers Everything,” her first in five years.
November 9-10

4
JOHN MEDESKI’S MAD SKILLET
(Evanston Space)
The latest project by jazz keyboardist Medeski is a shaggy, funk-and-fusion, after-party-vibe ensemble that’s touring to promote the release of its self-titled debut album.
November 7

5
ANDY SHAUF
(Constellation)
Touring his latest, nearly literary album, “The Party,” the Canadian singer-songwriter shares the stage with assorted indelible characters—attendees at the album’s titular soirée.
November 29-30

Robert Rodi

Robert Rodi is an author, spoken-word performer and musician who has served as Newcity’s Music Editor since 2014. He’s written more than a dozen books, including the travel memoir “Seven Seasons In Siena,” and his literary and music criticism has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Salon, The Huffington Post and many other national and regional publications.
Contact: robert@newcity.com