By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Robbie Fulks and Steve Dawson at the Hideout on Monday night.
Posted on June 29, 2012
Has Gospel Fest Been Ghettoized?
By Steve Rhodes
Gospel Fest is apparently no longer fit for downtown. Instead, it was sliced, diced and segregated this year, opening at Millennium Park, moving to the Chicago Cultural Center for a day and then shipped off to Ellis Park for a lackluster weekend that didn’t exactly sell the musical form to the masses. Let’s take a look.
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“The reinvented, dramatically expanded Chicago Gospel Music Festival got off to a sometimes rousing, sometimes perplexing start Thursday night at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park,” Howard Reich wrote for the Tribune last week.
“Rousing because most of the music captured the exuberant spirit one expects of gospel song, Chicago style. Perplexing because only some of the work could be considered gospel.”
Posted on June 26, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Immortal Technique at the Metro on Friday night.
Posted on June 25, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Foster The People at the Congress on Wednesday night.
Posted on June 22, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Skrillex at Soldier Field on Saturday night.
Posted on June 18, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Harper Blynn and Madi Diaz at Schubas on Wednesday.
Posted on June 15, 2012
RockBookNotes: Memoir City
Shawn Colvin vs. Buddy Guy
“Shawn Colvin, the three-time Grammy-winner best known for the 1997 hit ‘Sunny Came Home,’ released a new album All Fall Down, as well as a memoir this week,” Laura Rowley writes for the Huffington Post.
“Diamond in the Rough is an utterly raw account of Colvin’s childhood in South Dakota and Illinois; her life-long battle with anxiety and depression that started in middle school; conquering the alcoholism that dogged her through her 20s; her numerous romantic debacles (and two divorces); and finding happiness in her career and motherhood in her 30s and 40s. Lyrical, funny and painfully honest, Colvin’s memoir reads like a seriously fractured fairy tale.”
Posted on June 14, 2012
Local Music Notebook: Chicago’s On Fire Right Now
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
A loose collection of whatnot.
1. “Chicago’s rising rap duo, LEP Bogus Boys, recently sat down for an exclusive interview with VladTV, where they spoke about their upcoming clothing line, as well as all of the emerging talent coming out of there hometown.”
Posted on June 13, 2012
Roger Waters At Wrigley Field
By Steve Rhodes
An extraordinary piece of work, in its running order.
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In The Flesh?
Posted on June 12, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Roger Waters at Wrigley Field on Friday night.
Posted on June 11, 2012