It’s always good when live music gives us a combined opportunity to celebrate the holidays, get lost in the improvisational beauty of live jazz and support a worthy cause. Alexis Cole Holiday Benefit Concert at Schubas Tonight award-winning jazz artist Alexis Cole will play at Schubas. The show, and her newly released Christmas album The Greatest Gift, will benefit the World [...]
'Why We Love Live Jazz': Benefit Concert, Interview with Alexis Cole
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Live Preview: Matisyahu at House of Blues
November 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A few hours later, it was time to enter the holy realm of bearded and baseball-capped Hasidic Jewish rapper Matisyahu. He dropped my jaw instantly with his awe-inspiring beat boxing performance using his mouth as a nimble multi-instrument to bridge together a set of spiritual transcendence. Everyone in the crowd seemed to be lifted [...]
Live Preview: Rock The Bells Festival In Chicago
June 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tomorrow we’ll be heading to the Rock the Bells Festival in Chicago. I’m expecting a day packed with old and new school swagger where the beats and rhymes flow in all directions. And it should be fun with KRS-ONE, Supernatural and Pete Rock hosting. It’s a pretty good lineup but I’m a little concerned that there [...]
