Singletrack: Benjamim e Edinho
“Swim Swim”
Cornetist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay has been making waves in various circles of the Chicago creati
Singletrack
Singletrack is CAR's Artist Story for Chicago performers in which songwriters, actors, playwrights, bands and more discuss a song and how it came to be alongside audio or video clips of the work. To submit your song for consideration, please email the music researcher.
Singletrack: Tim Daisy
The Glass House
In 2001, Experimental Sound Studio began its Florasonic series in partnership with the Chicago Parks District’s
Singletrack: Grykes
"six-spot burnet"
Grykes is the duo of Mark Booth and Shawn Decker.
Singletrack: HOMME
"Woman"
Homme is Macie Stewart (of Marrow) and Sima Cunningham, and they have what they call a “harmonic connection.”
Singletrack: Elle Casazza
“Soft & Low”
When Elle Casazza takes the stage, she takes the room, as well—a fact that any Chicagoan who has seen the “fearless, sultry and powerful” artist perform live will likely attest to.
Singletrack: Akenya
"Disappear"
You may have heard Akenya Seymour on Chance the Rapper’s #10Day or at one of her jazz showcases around the city. A graduate of the Chicago Academy of the Arts who went on to study jazz voice at Boston’s New England Conservatory, 23-year-old multi-genre artist Akenya Seymour is a force to be reckoned with.
Singletrack: Coppice
“Fake Memories Object”
SinglePage: Coya Paz
"mi sunqu (my heart, mi corazón)" from page 25 of Rebeldes: A Proyecto Latina Anthology
When my daughter was born, I remembered words I had forgotten: sunqu, wawa, uripachallay.
SinglePage: Nicholas Ward
"The Backyard"
It felt manipulative. Suicide carries emotional gravity on its own terms.
Singlepage: Laura Krughoff
"The History of a Hunting Accident"
Krughoff reads from her story and describes a throw-down with her editor and the rumor that inspired the piece.
Singlepage: Megan Stielstra
"Channel B" from The Best American Essays 2013
How do you write about depression in a way that isn’t depressing? I decided to start small. Instead of "I need help," I wrote "I need a shower."
Singletrack: Pugs Atomz
"Rocks and Blows" from Bama Pi
If you are familiar with my music, you know I’m about styles, patterns and double entendres.
Singletrack: ATOM-r
"The Operature" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
We discovered we could activate gallery spaces as if they were crime scenes or sites of cruising—of men interacting with men.
Singletrack: Instrumentalist Joel Styzens
Soundtracking "Bicycle Notes," an animated digital short
Animator Fernanda Torres of Bogota, Colombia, approached me about composing a soundtrack for her digital short after hearing my instrumental album. We collaborated back and forth via the Internet for about one year.
Singletrack: Choreographer Nadia Oussenko
On directing the dance-film "Nothing to See/Hear"
Nothing to See/Hear is a love story about two women and their unraveling relationship. As the estranged couple poses in a portrait studio, each reflects on their former intimacy. The story is set to the bittersweet track A True Story of a Story of True Love by The Books.
Singletrack: Choreographer Raphaelle Ziemba
On the participatory series, "Dance: A Moving Canvas"
"Dance: A Moving Canvas" is program that seeks to expand dance audiences in Chicago by enabling participants to deepen their understanding of the choreographic process. Three choreographers were chosen by jury to develop work for the program.
Singletrack: Jonathan “Abseryd” Woods and Gira Dahnee
"Origins"
I wanted to remind people of the original definition of "humanity." This earth remembers what that was like, but we, as humans, are like aliens to the very earth we live on. Our humanity is dying every day.
Singletrack: Jacob Kart
"Tina's House on the Hill" from the album Life of Crime
It's pretty much a true story, based on a weird experience I had on a trip I took to Mexico....There's an old woman there who's a sort of hallucinogenic shaman. Traveling kids from all over the world congregate at her house. It's a pretty wild scene. It seemed like I should write a song about it.
Singletrack: Erica Mott
Rehearsal footage from the interdisciplinary "3 Singers Opera"
The interdisciplinary performance "3 Singers Opera" explores the female body’s relationship with machinery, particularly with the labor, production and policies of the textile industry.
Singletrack: David Taylor
"Coffee's So Good" single
I wanted to create something dance-able. This hook tends to lend itself to that. Besides, it’s simply more fun setting something to a four-on-the-floor beat.
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