Elana Brody with Leah Shoshanah

  • Uncommon Ground Music Room

    3800 North Clark Street
    Chicago, Illinois 60613
Ticket Price $11.66 This event is now over
Description

This is an intimate, seated dinner show! We offer full food & beverage service throughout the show. Check out our menus at uncommonground.com 

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Seating: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm / All Ages

 

Elana Brody

Orchestral folk singer-songwriter Elana Brody celebrates the release of her debut album "The Garden” (out September 20) in concert at Uncommon Ground on Friday September 27th. A multi-instrumentalist and celebrated vocalist, Brody spins musical stories that break open hearts and move big emotions. Susan Rogers, engineer for Prince and David Byrne, stated "Elana is my favorite Genius. Anything she does will be ahead of its time."

 

Leah Shoshanah 

Leah Shoshanah is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter and Spiritual musician whose deeply felt, soulful music grows from folk, pop, funk, rock and jazz. Over the past decade, Shoshanah has sung on historic stages in Chicago and across the world. Her original music has been featured in two documentaries, including Blown Away, an acclaimed German movie about two audio engineers who made an album while sailing around the world. In 2019, Shoshanah played a 51-date tour in Germany as part of the movie release. When she returned, she began writing the music for her latest album, To Be Free, which received funding from a Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE) grant.

Both solo or with her band, Shoshanah creates an intimate and dynamic concert experience that harkens back to other female genre-bending powerhouses like Carole King and Joni Mitchell. True to tradition, Shoshanah’s crafts her live performances so they are complete with storytelling and singing along. ‘Nothing is simple in her messages or in her brilliantly written songs,’ Chaz Thoughts.

Shoshanah grew up as the daughter of a Cellist and a Painter. Coming of age in an artistic household, she was encouraged to study voice (starting at age 10), acting, poetry, improv comedy and visual art. In 2004, she took 8th place in Chicago’s teen poetry slam competition, Louder Than a Bomb. In college, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she founded a long-form improv troupe and continued on to teach at the Market Theater conservatory in Johannesburg, South Africa. While in South Africa, she also sang in Opera Africa’s production of Carmen and directed a play called The Children’s Monologues with youth from the townships. A colleague from the conservatory encouraged her to learn to play guitar and write songs, and she has been focusing on that ever since.

Shoshanah released her debut album, A Child Like This, in 2017. The album features an ensemble of nine musicians, and was self-produced by Leah Shoshanah. Her sophomore release, Stillness (2018), is an intimate collection of solo jazz and Brazilian guitar arrangements. Since then she has released several singles. To Be Free will be her second full length studio album (Fall 2024).

Shoshanah’s work is split between the performative and the facilitated. As a Spiritual musician, Shoshanah leads community singing for healing and transformation. Her “Spirit Jam” workshops guide people from all walks of life toward improvised vocal jamming. Shoshanah is also known for her original Jewish music, which she shares around the country and as a Cantorial Soloist with Tzedek Chicago.

If you are interested in learning more, visit www.leahshoshanah.com

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Venue Details

Uncommon Ground Music Room

3800 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60613 Uncommon Ground Music Room
Uncommon Ground

We host intimate, seated dinner shows with full food and beverage service throughout the night. We suggest arriving 45 minutes before show time so you can place your dinner order with your server. Check out our full menus HERE and enjoy the show!

UNCOMMON GROUND HAS HAD A FOCUS ON MUSIC AND LIVE ART EVENTS SINCE IT FIRST OPENED AS A LITTLE COFFEE HOUSE IN 1991. OUR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM INCLUDES LIVE SHOWS EVERY WEEK! THE GOAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WAS TO BE GROUND ZERO FOR EMERGING LOCAL & NATIONAL TOURING ARTISTS EACH NIGHT. OWNER MICHAEL CAMERON BOOKED ALL OF THE ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1991 UNTIL 2007 & STILL OVERSEES THE MUSIC PROGRAM WITH OUR PART TIME MUSIC DIRECTOR, MARIA SCHROEDER. 

WE HOST ONE OF THE BEST OPEN MICS IN THE COUNTRY EVERY SUNDAY, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY SHURE & GREENSTAR ORGANIC BREWERY. MANY OF OUR TALENTED NIGHTLY PERFORMERS HAVE GONE ON TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM. WITH UNCOMMON GROUND'S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT CATCH IN OUR INTIMATE ACOUSTIC LISTENING ROOMS.

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