By Kim Grant/KG Music Press

What album do you know features Gary Lucas (Cap’n Beefheart), Robbie Fulks, Peter Stampfel, John Fulbright, Sarangi Celtic, Mexican harps, tuba, theramin, dogs, horns, Mariachis, and great songs? And what do the themes of love, Wittgenstein, Cook County Jail and trapeze artistry have in common? The answer to both questions is Rich Krueger’s newest release, NOWThen.
Rich Krueger jumped into the spotlight in 2017 after releasing his first album, Life Ain’t That Long, to worldwide critical acclaim, and non-commercial Triple A radio play around the world. Since then he has done numerous interviews in the U.S. and UK and was a finalist in the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition in 2017 and 2018, which he went on to win in 2018.

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Posted on September 11, 2018

By The Old Town School Of Music

The Old Town School and its Music Moves Chicago program proudly present Quantum Englewood: A Journey Through 100 Years of South Side Musical History, a 90-minute piece commissioned by the Old Town School and written by renowned Chicago artists Ernest Dawkins and Rahul Sharma, featuring hundreds of Chicago musicians and vocalists gathered on stage, culminating a two year-long learning process.
Quantum Englewood seeks to uncover the unheralded traditions behind contemporary urban music and instruct an intergenerational corps of musicians in these roots and genres.

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Posted on September 5, 2018

Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Monolord at the Empty Bottle on Friday night.

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Posted on September 3, 2018