TQC - Nels Cline presented by Corbett vs Dempsey & Expo Chicago - April 10, 2021

Corbett vs. Dempsey presents the fifth incarnation of its Sequesterfest series, this time as part of the program for EXPO CHGO ONLINE art fair, presented as part of The Quarantine Concert series, which has been streaming live music and audio art directly into people’s homes since the outbreak of the pandemic. Jazz musicians call it woodshedding. Time apart, to develop one’s own sound or ideas. Time out. A turn in the shed. Sonny Rollins in hiatus on the Williamsburg Bridge. We’ve been in an enforced year-long woodshed. In this episode of Sequesterfest, we consider the fate of the ensemble in a time of isolation, turning attention to one of Chicago’s most adventurous and beloved bands: Wilco. With a self-determined sensibility that breathes life into the moribund notion of independence in alternative music, Wilco has managed to balance experimentation and rock song-smithing with great deftness, producing a quarter century worth of gems, including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, The Whole Love, and 2019’s O