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Esker - Bill MacKay (Drag City, 5/5/17)

Esker by Bill MacKay

I remember plopping the needle down on my copy of Inventions by Sandy Bull a few years ago in the back room of Bar DeVille before a performance for the Over/Out series. Someone approached me moments later and asked, “Is this Bill MacKay?” The association is simple, but knowing. We were probably skating over that 10-minute version of “Memphis, Tennessee” as I was wont to do.

A year or two more recently, I took a single guitar lesson with MacKay. The continuation of such studies were ill-fated due to my poor planning and determination but MacKay remains a luminous figure in my mind. 

It’s been a little over a year since I left Chicago but this new record, Esker, transports me straight back to those barrooms where I know MacKay still makes the weekly rounds, breathing through his fingertips onto a set of 6 strings. Gigging for a little bread. His gentle demeanor, a salve to any beleaguerment the city might cast upon you. I can feel the easement from afar this instant, owing to this placid recording. I’ll carry it with me a long while.

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Bar Deville | Ukrainian Village - Chicago, IL.

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III Over/Out III February & March performances confirmed

As the seemingly eternal Midwestern winter fades to spring, we're pleased to continue with another cluster of dates for Over/Out at Bar DeVille. Performances will continue to showcase fine expositors of the musical avant-garde in the city of Chicago. Please join us as we witness the shape of sound to come.

Confirmed Performances

February 4 - TALsounds & dang!fever February 11 - Joe Adamik February 18 - Stave / Moon Brothers February 25 - Actual Rhinoceros March 4 - Rob Jacobs March 11 - CHEER-ACCIDENT March 18 - Vital Organ Trio

Over/Out is a music series promoting improvisation and experimentation in sound 10pm Tuesday nights at Bar DeVille (701 N Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois).

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Another excellent video collage by our friend John Dworkin, documenting Hearts and Minds' November Over/Out performance at Bar DeVille.  Full review of the performance can/should be read at Dworkin's blog, The Music Blogspot.

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Nice video of Justin Walter's 11/5 performance at Bar DeVille, produced by John Dworkin for The Music Blogspot.

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Over/Out: Justin Walter @Bar DeVille, 11/5

On Tuesday, November 5, Brooklyn-based trumpeter, electronic music composer and Kranky recording artist Justin Walter will perform a solo set at Bar DeVille.

In May, Walter released his third full-length record and first for Chicago's Kranky Records entitled Lullabies & Nightmares. Walter's latest recorded output gathers eleven improvised pieces chiefly involving the EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument), an engrossing sound-shifting programmable electronic wind instrument. With the EVI, Walter piles track upon track of sustained trumpet swells and electronic manipulations that are propelled forward with deliberate movement and rhythm. Lullabies & Nightmares lands in a sort of sublimation of ambience, minimal techno and avant-garde jazz modes and has endured as one of our favorite releases of 2013. The second track, “Dream Weaving,” is a certain highlight and can be heard here.

Tuesday also marks the tenth consecutive performance in the Over/Out series. Come celebrate double digits with us and be a part of a singular sonic landscape.

Over/Out at Bar DeVille (701 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois) is every Tuesday night at 10pm, vinyl selections by Jeremy Alvarez will be heard before, between, and after performances.