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Edition XL & poets at The Green Mill: night one

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Edition XL & poets at The Green Mill: night one

Edition XL and the poets Ed Roberson, Ken Taylor, and Kai Ihns will be back at The Green Mill tonight- Saturday, August 2nd, at 8pm- for our second series of […]

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Edition XL with poets Ed Roberson, Kai Ihns, and Ken Taylor

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Ed Roberson by Sandy Morris

Announcing two special nights of music and poetry in Chicago!  On Friday and Saturday, August 1st and 2nd, the new ensemble, Edition XL, will make its Chicago debut at The […]

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Interview for PostGenre: Music Beyond Category

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Interview for PostGenre: Music Beyond Category

In advance of my No Idea residency in Austin on May 29 and 30, 2025, organized by Chris Cogburn, I was interviewed by Rob Shepherd for his “PostGenre: Music Beyond […]

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Back To ESS To Work With Corbett vs. Dempsey

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
photo of John Corbett and Jim Dempsey by Meg Noe

On Thursday, July 17th, I returned to Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago to complete mixes on two projects for the Corbett vs. Dempsey label, with major assistance from John […]

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Studio Work

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
photo of Ken Vandermark and Chris Felver by John Corbett

Two days were spent at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago this week, each focusing on different aspects of documenting the creative process.  On Wednesday, July 9th I […]

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Discussion with Furkan Çolak

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Discussion with Furkan Çolak

Furkan Çolak, a member of the Noesis Collective of musicians and artists based in Ankara, Turkey, recently got in touch to interview me.  The discussion was in-depth and far […]

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