AltWeeklies Wire
Our guide to the Pitchfork Music Festivalnew
In the past few years Pitchfork has started booking a stage at Primavera Sound in Spain and collaborated with All Tomorrow's Parties for a festival in the UK, and this fall it launches a festival in Paris. But Chicago is still the influential online music magazine's home base, and the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival is the seventh large-scale event it's hosted here.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer and Leor Galil and Mara Shalhoup |
07-14-2011 |
Music
Jazz Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar Builds a Bridge to Iraqnew
ElSaffar's suite Two Rivers forges a singular fusion of jazz and Iraqi classical music -- and reconciles his roots in the process.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
08-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Man Who Makes the Pitchfork Music Festival Happennew
Mike Reed's best known as the guy who assembles indie rock's favorite festival, but in his spare time he performs miracles for the local jazz scene.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
07-21-2008 |
Music
'Power Stronger Than Itself': Great Black Music in Printnew
After ten years, George Lewis' monumental history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965, is finally finished.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Big Dipper: Sunk by Success?new
The Boston band, which dallied with the majors too early, is back with an anthology on Merge.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
What's Happening Goes Beyond Bossa Novanew
The compilation proves biodiversity is hardly the only kind of variety in Brazil.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
03-03-2008 |
Reviews
From Black Metal to White Chalknew
Our staff critics on their favorite releases of 2007.
Chicago Reader |
Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak and Miles Raymer |
01-07-2008 |
Music
Robert Wyatt's Casual Brilliancenew
It may not sound like he puts much thought into his songs, but they're loaded for bear.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
10-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Comicopera, Robert Wyatt
Nicole Mitchell's Improvised Lifenew
Her path has been anything but straightforward, but now she's on her way to becoming the greatest living flutist in jazz.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
08-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicole Mitchell
Old Man Rockingnew
You-know-what's not dead and neither is Caetano Veloso.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
02-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Caetano Veloso, Ce
Happy to Stay Homenew
The guys in Zelienople cultivate a fan base in spite of themselves.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
11-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zelienople
Making eLemonadenew
Thrill Jockey's Bettina Richards isn't thrilled about the digital revolution, but she's determined to meet it head-on.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
10-30-2006 |
Music
Ra Materialsnew
Hundreds of artifacts from Sun Ra's Chicago years nearly wound up at the dump.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
10-02-2006 |
Music
