Last March SoSaLa toured Chicago and Normal for the first time. All concerts were received very well. This time SoSaLa is performing only in Chicago. Sohrab called all the members from the March tour up and added one more musician to the band.
SoSaLa is: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax & vocals, Steve Marquette on guitar, Lucas Gillan on drums & djembe and Alex Wing on bass & oud, Daniel Thatcher on acoustic bass and Greg Essig on drums.
THE DATES
Thursday, Dec 5th: Dittmar Gallery in the Norris University Center,(1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, 847-491-2300), 8:30pm, no admission
Friday, Dec 6th: WNUR FM interview with host Eric Ricks at 11:30am and live performance by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, Alex Wing and Lukas Gillen.
Cafe Mustache (2313 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647, 773-687-9063), $5, a music event with Terrors (9pm), Man Meat & Boy Strange (10pm) and Ladjevardi/Thatcher/ Billington (11pm) – with Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on voc and sax, Ben Billington on drums and Daniel Thatcher on accustic bass.
Saturday, Dec 7th: Q4/Multikulti ( 1000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642, 773-435-9432), 8pm, $5. With Comfort Food as opening act.
Sunday, Dec 8th: 32forty (3240 S Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60608, 847-302-6510), 8pm, $12 cover. Sharing the stage with Doug Lofstrom and New Quartet (9pm).
Tuesday, Dec 10th: Jerry’s Wicker Park, (1938 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60622, 773-235-1006), Ears and Eyes Music Series, 9:30pm, $5. Sharing the stage with Cortex (8:30pm) and Bushman’s Revenge (10:30pm) both bands are from Norway.