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Josh Friedberg: Music Historian's Corner writesAlbum Review: “Ella in London” by Ella Fitzgerald
by Josh Friedberg
No one swung a song like Ella Fitzgerald. The “First Lady of Song” earned her reputation as a “musician’s singer” because of her unparalleled facility with scat singing and her relentless rhythmic attack on songs like “Blue Skies” and “How High the Moon.” She could, of course, also sing with a sweet, lovely tone that could make you melt on a ballad.
But by the mid-1970s, her voice had lost some of its legendary pristine clarity. But she could still swing like nobody else. And on Ella in London, recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s nightclub in 1974, the adoring audience and the first-class material spur Ella on to create an exceptionally enjoyable live album—on par with the more well-known Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin from 1960, and perhaps even more consistently surprising than that classic.
SKaiser writesFirst Time: First Game | July 11th at Martyrs’
We can't wait for the First Time this week! Live music by The First Time Four and live literature by fantastic storytellers at the one and only, Martyrs'. The show starts at 8:00 PM this Wednesday, July 11th. See you there!
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SKaiser writesCity Lit Books
by Shawna Kaiser
Inside the City Lit space community is built around the written word where you will find that special book which brings experiences and emotions all at once new and familiar. "I think it's very comforting to know there will always be another book waiting for me," said owner, Teresa Kirschbraun.
SKaiser writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of July 9)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Wednesday, July 11 | 8:00 PM | 21+ Join us for CHIRP Radio First Time: First Game at Martyrs' (3855 N Lincoln Ave)
- Friday-Sunday, July 13-15 | All Ages Enjoy craft beer and music and experience the 7th Annual Square Roots Festival with CHIRP in Lincoln Square
- Sunday, July 15 | 5:30 PM | All Ages CHIRP Radio will co-host the Classic Album Sunday featuring Sigur Rós's Ágætis byrjun at the Saturday Audio Exchange (1021 W Belmont Ave)
NEW MEDIA
- Features interviewer Miranda Phelps caught up with vocalist Via Rosa and producer Na'el Shehade of the duo known as DRAMA at Mamby on the Beach to talk shop
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Book Club Discusses “The First Collection…” on July 5th!
by Miranda Phelps
Book: The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
Author: Jessica Hopper
Publisher: featherproof books | Chicago, IL | 2015
On the surface, Jessica Hopper’s The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic appears to be a compilation of articles, artist profiles, interviews, and musings running in a variety of publications throughout early 2003 - 2014. Scratching the surface a few layers deep, Hopper lays the foundation for her obsession with music, her enigmatic relationship with the industry, and the subjects in which she reveals.
Exposed in every entry, Hopper’s writings provide declaration to the ebb and flow of our culture; how society is defined by music, how society takes part in shaping music, the parallels in which artist and audience share a reflective journey.
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic is an absolute for the reader that wants to take a deeper dive into the subjects that Hopper chooses, or not, to cover. For her audience, she has laid the groundwork for those that want to carry out their own research in order to decipher conclusions about an industry-a medium-that resonates universally.
Join CHIRP Radio at Roscoe Books tomorrow, July 5, for a discussion of this book!