2020 Q4

Featuring: Run the Jewels, Tawny Newsome & Open Mike Eagle, SAULT, The Beach Boys, Prairie WWWW, Romperayo, Caroline Rose, ESG, La Perla, Young Cardamom & Hab, Songhoy Blues, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

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December 2014: Bringing the Music Home

"I knew that the whole thing was going to be partly a present to myself, but I didn't anticipate just how special it would be to be able to share music like that with them again, to get an unfettered glimpse at the essential glue that binds our family."

Featuring: Sylvan Esso, Open Mike Eagle, Treme Brass Band, D'Angelo, and more. 

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August 2013: Library, meet Spotify.

I used to rely on the library heavily for new music, checking out CDs regularly from the public library and hitting the music section of my college library hard for four solid years. Without thinking about it too much, that habit tapered off into nothing long ago. A few weeks ago, though, I found myself killing some time in the music section of the Harold Washington Library downtown, and wandered into the world music CD section.

Featuring: Lucius, Cam'ron, Moderat, Eleanor Friedberger, and more. 

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