For the second straight year, the Metronome Celebration will grace Milwaukee Avenue at Armitage and Western in Chicago's Logan Square on Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13. The year's festival boasts four stages - each one focusing on a different genre. Saturday, June 12, will offer a Latin Rock stage curated by the Congress Theatre and an Indie Rock stage programmed by the Empty Bottle . On Sunday, June 13, the festival features a Folk stage planned by the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues festival , and a Punk stage booked by [...]
The drummer of This is My Mess at the end of the night it was crazy fun and it's sure to be even better this week Here are the photos, videos and songs from the acoustic show last week, put on by the ISU Music Business Association . There's another one this Thursday, same bat time, same bat channel . Cody aka Chicago Farmer will be back, as well as a few others joining him, which is sure to make the night one to remember. "Sun [...]
Tomorrow night marks an incredible opportunity to those lucky few of you in the Central Illinois area. That opportunity will be to see the one and only Chicago Farmer, Cody Diekhoff, playing an intimate apartment show courtesy of the Illinois State Music Business Association . Full Disclosure- I am a non-student member of the Music Business Association, but I am still incredibly stoked about this concert. Along with Chicago Farmer will be other locals, Jake Mehalic and This is My Mess . There will be a small cover of $2.00 [...]
As we wind down this wonderful year, I'd love to share some Exclusive ThaBombShelter content with you all. Starting back in January of last year (it was the Black Swans/Megan Palmer concert at Andyman's), I finally perfected the art of extracting live tracks from the YouTube videos I was uploading. So here, in addition to the best live photos from the year, is a collection of the best live tracks I've gotten this year. I didn't bother ranking them, because, really, these are all unique and all special. Enjoy! First up, The Best Photos [...]
Cody Diekhoff aka The Chicago Farmer is a "folk-singer." But, just saying that would be a huge disservice! He combines the grassroots of folk, the swooning of blues and seals the deal with honesty + harmony. A clear Dylan fan lyrically and one hell of a musician. Cody is originally from Central IL hence his second release title, "From a Small Town in IL." He made the move to Chicago a few years ago and has become an integral part of Chicago's underground & folk scene. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform this past [...]
In case you cannot tell, I am dressed as Ryan Adams for Halloween. I have a sense of humor that way. Our friends at Rock Sellout posted a Guest Blog from Eryn, who attended the San Francisco Fujiya...
Last night I was finally able to make my way to the Black Box theater to see Central Illinois' own Chicago Farmer. His real name is Cody Diekhoff, and he is a man with an incredible talent for sincere, funny, raucous, warm, intimate, mellow folk music. He plays the guitar with the skill and speed of an accomplished banjo picker, but he strums and coos like the true folk guitarist that he is. It was autumnal and cozy, familiar, new, and perfect. The venue contributed to a good portion of the sentiment I felt last [...]
Wanna land a spot on the main stage at the Congress Theater in Chicago, opening for The Avett Brothers and David Grisman? This is your chance! Similar to Lollapalooza's "Last Band Standing" contest, the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival has laid down their "Last Banjo Standing" competition and are looking for artist submissions. The cutoff date to submit is this Wednesday, so you'll need to hurry in order to qualify. Click here to enter . Voting begins on Thursday and continues through October 16th. View the competition here . [...]
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