(MUSIC) Chicago has stood as one of the world’s most fecund musical hotbeds for decades, and it’s currently enjoying an exceptionally robust phase in jazz/improv realms. One of this scene’s key figures is Natural Information Society composer Joshua Abrams, who plays bass and guimbri, a three-stringed lute commonly heard in Moroccan Gnawa music. You can get a sense of Natural Information Society’s range and depth through…
Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when... More by Dave Segal