by David Witter | October 6, 2026Howard Reich’s Love Letter to Chicago and Jazz "The Majesty of Chicago Jazz" brings the longtime critic's personal touch to an all-encompassing survey of the city's jazz history.
by David Witter | September 24, 2026Donna Herula’s Analog Blues The Chicago artist's embrace of the resonator guitar has made her a standout blues musician, with a new album that channels everything from corn fields and cabins to the bungalows and buildings of Portage Park.
by David Witter | September 17, 2026The Hyde Park Jazz Festival Turns Twenty, Honoring Roots Decades Older This year’s festival features over forty performers at eleven venues, and will be headlined by world-famous artists including Joshua Redman, Emmet Cohen, Alfredo Rodriguez and Big Chief Donald Harrison.
by David Witter | July 21, 2026Chicago Musicians Unite to Perform for Immigrant and Refugee Rights “Songs of Protest, Sounds of Freedom” was organized by Space co-owner Dave Specter, who was driven to action by ICE's recent presence in Chicago communities.
by David Witter | June 2, 2026The Rail-Riding Folk Hero Alynda Segarra Lands in Chicago With a Live Album Segarra has walked the legendary walk of American folk mythology, spending nearly a decade hitchhiking, busking on the streets of New Orleans and riding the rails like Woody Guthrie.
by David Witter | April 23, 2026Making Chicago the Center of the Jazz World for a Day (or Month) How the UNESCO International Jazz Day finally came to one of the genre's foundational homes.
by David Witter | March 12, 2026Rhiannon Giddens Brings the Silkroad Ensemble to the Harris Theater Giddens is the artistic director of the group founded by Yo-Yo Ma, which performs folk musical traditions from all over the world.
by David Witter | February 19, 2026Alyssa Allgood Takes the Leap as a Jazz Vocalist and Composer The Chicago jazz multihyphenate recently released a new EP, and will perform interpretations of Beatles songs at Winter's Jazz Club soon.
by David Witter | January 22, 2026Bruce Goff’s Lost Musical Compositions Are Brought to Life by Third Coast Percussion The architect, whose works are currently featured in a major retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago, was also a composer—on player piano.
by David Witter | December 16, 2025The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra Celebrates What the World Brings to the City The twenty-piece ensemble will be performing songs from their recent album, "Sanctuary," at the Epiphany Center for the Arts.
