From the Bleader:
The full schedule for the free Monday-night series, which kicks off May 27 with a double bill of the Lee Ranaldo Band and Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, is after the jump. You can also see the schedule for Loops & Variations, a series that haphazardly juggles electronic and contemporary classical music—I still can’t figure out the rationale behind it, but it includes some very exciting events, among them a major concert by International Contemporary Ensemble playing the music of Edgard Varese. Also part of the summer schedule is Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz. The last concert of that series is one for the ages, with drummer Jack DeJohnette leading a quintet including AACM legends Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, and Henry Threadgill.
Downtown Sound, Mondays, 6:30 PM (headliners first)
May 27: Lee Ranaldo Band, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
June 3: Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain
June 10: An evening with Glen Hansard featuring Lisa Hannigan and members of the Frames
June 17: Daniel Lanois, Brokeback
June 24: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James
July 1: Lee Fields & the Expressions, Theo Huff & the Platinum Band
July 8: Dawes, the Cairo Gang
July 15: Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts and friends
July 24: The Handsome Family, Azita
July 29: Dessa, Psalm One
Loops & Variations, Thursdays, 6:30 PM (headliners first)
June 13: Falty DL, Bill Kouligas
June 27: Matmos, Fonema Consort
July 4: ICE, Nosaj Thing
July 11 (8 PM): Dan Deacon (no opening act)
July 18: Olafur Arnalds, Sarah Neufeld
August 28 (Wednesday): Eighth Blackbird with Glenn Kotche and Lesley Flanigan
Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Thursdays, 6:30 PM
July 25: Dee Alexander’s Funkin’ with Acoustic Soul: Tribute to James Brown and Jimi Hendrix
August 1: Victor Garcia’s Crossing Borders
August 8: Jeff Parker-Nels Cline Quartet: The Turning Point
August 15: Dana Hall: The Andrew Hill Project with Black Fire
August 22: Tale of the Tiger: Pat Mallinger Quartet featuring Bill Carrothers & Cameron Pfiffner’s Marco Polo
August 29: Jack DeJohnette: Special Legends Edition—Chicago, with Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell, and Henry Threadgill
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