Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, we’ll perform at the historic Maxwell Street Festival (as you may remember from this iconic sequence in the Blues Brothers)

I’ll joined by Chicago artist Allen Moore, using turntables and electronics. Moore is a visual and sound artist from Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago’s South Side, whose work converses with the signifiers of African-American culture. At the heart of his practice is graphite, which he often uses in his drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Working with this material in his visual work led him to hand casting records with graphite, creating warped mirrors of old soul records. These graphite records served as the foundation for sound art pieces and live performances with Moore using up to four turntables to create collages of hypnotic textures and rhythms that resonate like hymns of fractured nostalgia.