As my music collection continues to balloon to an unwieldly weight with new suggestions and discoveries pouring in from all genres, I find myself more and more thankful for the bedrock albums and artists who I can always turn to. I hear considerable amounts of clutter and a lot of music that fails to move [...]
What’s Left of Jazz
Chicago’s Jazz Festival turned 30 this year, news you couldn’t miss if you attended, because someone made sure to remind us every chance they had. This was imperative because this festival is one of the last pillars of jazz in the country, but as always, the organization that runs it needs money.
There was a [...]
