Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears are not to be missed. We took them in at Chicago’s Folk and Roots Festival and they took the crowd on an exploration of new, old-school blues, funk and jazz.
A little while back, Alexi Murdoch (one of Rolling Stone’s top 10 musicians to watch) played the Empty Bottle in Chicago. At that show, I saw something extremely rare in live music. As soon as the first chord was struck, the room snapped into utter silence. That’s because Murdoch is one of those musicians who [...]
