The frontman for ironic Chicago club rock trio Baby Teeth, Levitan will perform songs from his first solo album, Speak, Memory, which delves into the same stew of influences, from pop and soul to prog rock.

Using guitar, keys, harmonica, steel drum, and various percussion instruments, Jeremy Jacobson achieves his unique blend of blues, rock, garage, Caribbean, and Appalachian sounds. No more than 8 tracks are recorded for each song, preserving the authenticity of his live show in which he simultaneously plays two or more instruments at once.

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Deemed the Black Godfather, this Chicagoan plays unapologetic, gritty yet soulful R&B. He hit the scene in 1955, co-writing Stevie Wonder's first song "Thank You for Loving Me," and more than 50 years later Williams continues to dazzle and energize crowds with his characteristic stage presence and sound.

The authentic Chicago South Side jazz ensemble for modern times, the David Boykin Expanse features Boykin on sax and vocals and Nicole Mitchell on flute. They perform original compositions that infuse hip hop style rhyming into jazz without sacrificing the core elements of each—the rhythmic complexity, especially swing feel, of jazz; the harmonic complexity of jazz; and the use of multisyllabic words, varied rhyme scheme, alliteration, metaphor, and other poetic devices common to some styles of hip hop emceeing.