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Sunday, June 17
Admission: $7, $10 minimum
Showtimes: 7:30 and 10pm
reservations
are recommended
W.W.
Lowman came to the city of Chicago in 1998. While interning
at ACME studios Jim O'Rourke heard him playing a guitar. He was
so taken with this unique sound that he asked Lowman to perform
with him at the opening of a Tom Ze/Tortoise show. Soon word of
his technique and versatility spread and he found himself playing
and touring with a wide variety of Chicago musical luminaries:
L'altra, Smog, Aluminum Group, Alasdair Roberts, Edith Frost,
Bobby Conn, Lindsay Anderson, and Will Oldham.
W.W. Lowman continues to perform and tour with the likes of the
above artists he has concentrated his efforts of late on his solo
work and with longtime collaborators Bosco & Jorge and Lindsay
Anderson.
About Plain Songs
Three years in the making, Plain Songs is an album that is both
soulful and composed. The wildflowers on its cover contrasted
with the sophisticated songs within serve as a perfect metaphor
for the album's unique approach. While the album is firmly rooted
in the traditional, it also reaches forward artistically. Simultaneously
occupying both these worlds produces something that is simply
sublime.
Plain Songs originally started as a few musical ideas and fragments
that Lowman brought to frequent collaborator Frank Navin (Aluminum
Group). Captivated with what he heard, Frank encouraged him to
flesh out the ideas and the two started to lay the groundwork
of the album in Navin's home studio. Once these were in place
Lowman took inspiration from an unusual source. He was always
intrigued by popular composers Burt Bacharach and Ennio Morricone's
ability to seamlessly meld their formal music training to catchy
and accessible pop and world music. Taking their cues he formally
composed almost all of the parts and then reached out to some
friends to track the album: Fred Lonberg Holm (Brotzmann Tentet,
Terminal 4), Max Crawford (Poi Dog Pondering), Lindsay Anderson
(L'altra, solo), Mark Greenberg (the Coctails, Archer Prewitt)
Frank Navin (Aluminum Group), Darren Garvey (Andreas Kapsalis
Trio), among others. Literally a who's who list of the best players
the city of Chicago has to offer.
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