Sick Country - New Album
Content Warning: Strong Language
Matt McNish is a queer DIY musician based in Chicago. Overworked, under-appreciated, and nagged by the vague intuition that something is very wrong, Sick Country is about how the modern world can feel like a vise. Written in the latter half of 2019, the album now bears the unanticipated weight of COVID-19 and the economic burden that it has placed on unprotected workers. Oddly prescient, the piece balances experimentation with traditional pop structures à la Kate Bush, Björk, and (Sandy) Alex G.
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It Was A Rebellion has been in development for three years. An early version was performed as a pirate radio broadcast at Homan Square, a former Chicago Police Department black site. It mixes music from the Civil Rights Era and the Black Panther Party, news reports and political speeches, and ephemeral and symbolic sounds to articulate public expressions of Black rage.
It Was A Rebellion (House Mix) plays on the political roots of Black with a Chicago-style dance party vibe.
22 min
Experimental Sound Studio Quarantine Concert featuring artist Monette Sudler and presented by Ars Nova Workshop.
Fugal Systems, featuring Katie Ernst, Ben Lamar Gay, Macie Stewart & Ayanna Woods, is an umbrella project encompassing a variety of performance based works, including music and sound performances employing various collage tactics, as well as reading-performances that scramble, graft, or otherwise interpolate appropriated texts.
An electronic music, live performance by Bumbac Joe. Held at La Mesita, Yollocalli Arts (Pilsen).
Femi Ogebule performs "Clap Praise" from his album Arise live at the Praise Experience 2018 Chicago.
43 min
Experimental Sound Studio Quarantine Concert featuring artist Monette Sudler and presented by Ars Nova Workshop.
This piece illustrates that balance for me between my Mexican roots, my love for the jazz tradition and western classical music.
9 minutes
An ode to Chicago: This expresses what I would say to Chicago in its most precarious condition. We see you. We love you.
In lieu of the Chicago Gospel Music Festival, enjoy these FREE online concerts featuring Gospel Music in the Key of Chicago!
Enjoy at www.youtube.com/chicagodcase.
Jonathan Wenzel is a musician and educator, born and raised in Rogers Park (Chicago).