Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Azul de Noches

If you missed the Latin Fest, here’s a taste of what you would have seen on the Jackson Stage — Azul de Noches, a band including percussion teacher Raul Fernandez and harp student David Kachalon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEJWZTOFfN0

Hot stuff!

Filed under: Interesting elsewhere, Teacher gigs by Skip | August 15, 2008 | Comments (0)

Filisko and Noden on European Tour!

France, Germany, Sweden – fans in these countries will be enjoying the music of two great teachers/performers between now and early next month. Joe Filisco is head of the Blues School at Old Town; he was named 2001 Harmonica Player of the Year by the SPAH organization. Eric Noden’s finger-picking blues guitar and vocals have won national praise for his performances and CDs. You can hear samples of the CD they made together, “Filisko & Noden: Live,” at www.ericnoden.com/Filisko_Noden/music.html. Copies are for sale in the Different Strummer on Lincoln. Joe and Eric will be back in early November and performing at Bill’s Blues (1029 Davis Street, Evanston) on Friday, November 16th, 9:30 pm.

Filed under: Teacher gigs by Skip | October 18, 2007 | Comments (0)