Another great episode of Sound Citizen Radio. This time, we have three great bands from all over the country. Perfect for a road trip.
Rarely — almost never — do I see a band appear nervous at the beginning of a performance. But that was the case with the South Memphis String Band last week at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. They appeared tentative and spoke very, very quietly before beginning their set. Now, it [...]
One of the most difficult parts of writing about music is that much of it starts to sound the same after a while. Try listening to Q101 for an hour straight and you’ll get my point – posers proliferate. It’s one of the reasons we like Minus the Bear around here and also why I’m [...]
Weclome back to Sound Citizen Radio! It’s March Madness time, which means the NCAA tournament and the biggest gambling event of the year. What’s not a gamble, are the three bands featured in this week’s podcast (at the bottom of this post). We have a Detroit band playing their own style of rock, and two [...]
Last Wednesday was one of those times when you stumble into a show you won’t soon forget. You usually stumble out, too. As it were, we hit up the Tonic Room on Chicago’s north side to see little-known but soon-to-be-famous JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound. And we couldn’t have had better timing. JC and [...]
There is serious talent below the streets. We take a look at superb subway musicians from around the world.
