Her intimate compositions take existing melodies that she refracts, rethinks and expands into compelling new pieces. Ahead of the premiere of a new work for guitarist Sean Shibe, Cassandra Millers talks about process, pleasures and sleep chanting
From singing stars like Mavis Staples at Symphony Center to the annual Frequency Festival, this list for early 2023 in Chicago and the suburbs was impossible to narrow to a Top 10.