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Electrifying Jazz in Chicago Tonight: Miles Davis Tribute by The Frank Russell Band

The Frank Russell Band and Special Guests to Salute Miles Davis: The Electric Years for Jazz Appreciation Month at Mayne Stage, April 27th 8 PM With Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes   CHICAGO – Jazz it up tonight with The Frank Russell Band and special guests as they salute jazz master impresario Miles […]

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The Frank Russell Band/Tribute to Miles Davis: The Electric Years is April 27

Electrifying Jazz with The Frank Russell Band: Miles Davis Tribute with Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes The Frank Russell Band and special guests salute jazz master impresario Miles Davis in concert: A Tribute to Miles Davis: The Electric Years, on Saturday, April 27th, 8:00pm at Chicago’s boutique venue The Mayne Stage. “Miles Davis […]

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Roots Rock Legend Sam Llanas Promotes Suicide Awareness with Acclaimed Drama A Day for Grace

A Day For Grace Indie Gogo Campaign   Send Sammy to Broadway! Help roots rock legend Sam Llanas promote suicide awareness with the critically-acclaimed drama A Day for Grace. Theater – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Campaign Home Updates / 4 Comments / 3 Funders / 7 Gallery / 7 Share This Campaign: Follow A Day for Grace is a […]

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The Frank Russell Band to Salute Miles Davis – The Electric Years in Chicago

For Immediate Release April 5, 2013   The Frank Russell Band and Special Guests to Salute Miles Davis: The Electric Years for Jazz Appreciation Month at Mayne Stage, April 27th 8 PM With Dede Sampaio, Dee Alexander and Corey Wilkes   CHICAGO – Jazz it up this April with The Frank Russell Band and special […]

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March is Music in Our Schools Month

Its Music in Our Schools Month and it is up to us to advocate for keeping music education a part of every school’s curriculum, despite existing and threatening anew budget cuts.  The National Association for Music Education offers several ways  to learn more on how to get involved. Music programs nationwide are in danger. State […]

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CHICAGO BLUES MAMAS RED HOT! NYC APAP SHOWCASES

Chicago Blues Mamas cordially invites you to attend APAP Showcases You are cordially invited to attend APAP Showcases featuring the Royalty of the Blues     RED HOT!  Holle THEE Maxwell & Nellie TIGER Travis   a Salute to Women in The Blues including Koko Taylor & Billie Holiday   Saturday, January 12th, 55 BAR, […]

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George Lepauw makes Beethoven belong to Chicago

George Lepauw makes Beethoven belong to Chicago.   Chicago pianist George Lepauw. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune / December 27, 2012) John von RheinClassical music critic 4:22 p.m. CST, December 27, 2012 George Lepauw lives his life according to a precept he picked up as a very young child studying piano with Aida Barenboim, mother of former CSO music director Daniel Barenboim, […]

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Stay Tuned for More Blues, Jazz & Rock ‘n Roll in the White House?

Music to My Ears… So elequently stated by Chicago Tribune arts critic Howard Reich, I felt compelled to share this story/plea and put an added spin on it.  Three music genres — Blues, Jazz and Rock ‘n Roll — play such an important role in our history on a multitude of levels, we must continue to share […]

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Chicago-Made Indie Film ‘Scrooge & Marley’ To Hold Red Carpet Premiere at Music Box Theatre November 29th

1Scrooge&Marley_MR_ Music Box Premiere_ASFinal 11-14-12 ‘Scrooge & Marley’ Chicago Red Carpet Premiere at Music Box Theatre November 29 *Bruce Vilanch and Other Chicago-born Stars to Walk Red Carpet* CHICAGO, November 14 — Chicago Indie Film “Scrooge & Marley,” a modern-day variation on Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story “A Christmas Carol,” will have its Chicago Red […]

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Blues News: Sugar Blue Featured

Sugar Blue a soaring voice for the blues By Howard Reich, Arts critic, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2012 Last May, during a conference on “Race, Gender & the Blues” at Dominican University, the master harmonica player Sugar Blue addressed the theme in an impassioned, unforgettable soliloquy. Lamenting that blues increasingly has been expropriated by white […]