Million Tongues Festival

Million Tongues Festival is a Chicago-based music festival organized by artist, writer, and musician, Plastic Crimewave. The festival showcases national and international folk, experimental and "cult" musicians from the '60s, '70s, '80s and beyond. It has been called Chicago's "annual convergence of freak-folksters and grassroots noisicians"[1] Now in its fifth year, the fest has seen performances by Bert Jansch, Peter Walker, Michael Chapman, LSD March, Michael Yonkers, Simon Finn and Terry Reid, among others.[2]

Chronology
  • Million Tongues: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois, August 4–8, 2004
  • Two Million Tongues: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois, November 3–6, 2005
  • Three Million Tongues: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois, November 17–19, 2006
  • Four Million Tongues: Av-Aerie, Chicago, Illinois, November 8–10, 2007

Million Tongues Festival Lineups

Million Tongues

Simon Finn, LSD March, Michael Yonkers Band, Six Organs of Admittance, Jutok Kaneko/Shimura Koji, Charalambides, PG6, Plastic Crimewave Sound with guests, Espers, Kawabata Makoto with Kinski, Matt Valentine, Fursaxa, Nisennenmondai, Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano, Josephine Foster & The Supposed, Taurpis Tula, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, The Cherry Blossoms, By Lightning to the Womb, The Civilized Age.

Sidestage: Panicsville, Lichens, Born Heller, Monostripe, Tom Carter, Goldblood, Inner Throne, Frankie Delmane, Nick Castro, Farms, MV Carbon, Davenport.

Two Million Tongues

Tony Conrad, Michael Chapman, Charlie Nothing, Jack Rose, No-Neck Blues Band, Andrew Ortmann, Whitehouse, Ed Askew, Hototogisu, Gary Higgins, Jackie O Motherfucker, Pearls and Brass, Josephine Foster, Miminikoto, Mountains, Haptic.

Sidestage: The Singleman Affair, Traveling Bell, Number None, Chris Connelly, Tim Kinsella/Amy Cargil, Tar Pet, Birdshow, Hardscrabble, Lux.

Three Million Tongues

Bert Jansch, Smegma, Steve Mackay with Radon Ensemble, Charalambides, Michael Yonkers and the Blind Shake, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, The Singleman Affair, Burning Star Core, Aleks and the Drummer, White Lichens, Dreamweapon, Nick Schillace.

Sidestage: Th' Exceptional Child, Skog Device, Frankie Delmane, The Joy Poppers, Folk and Violence, Yellow Universe, J. Glenn, Michael Young, Hands of Hydra.

Four Million Tongues

Peter Walker, Neptune, Alasdair Roberts, Ruthann Friedman, Up-Tight, Alela Diane, Heather Murray, Charalambides, The Molten Truth Ensemble, Alla, Aleks and the Drummer, Angel Olsen.

Sidestage: Mike Tamburo, Horseback, The End of the World Band/ONO, Outpost, Kohoutek, Scarcity of Tanks, Terminal Lovers.

Million Tongues Events

Plastic Crimewave also organizes one-day-only events under the Million Tongues umbrella.

Million Tongues Events
  • 1 Million Tongues Event, The Empty Bottle, Chicago, November 21, 2008: Terry Reid, Mark Fry, Ellen Mary McGee, Hans Condor, PissPissPissOnOOnOOnO[3]

Sidestage: Gutzeit/Hess duo, Virginia Tate

  • 2 Million Tongues Event, The Empty Bottle, Chicago, March 25, 2009: Michael Yonkers with Plastic Crimewave Sound, Mannequin Men, Gunslingers, Cave

Sidestage: Bicycle Tricycle, Ray Donato

  • 3 Million Tongues Event, The Empty Bottle, Chicago, July 9, 2009: Ya Ho Wha 13, Ga'an, The Singleman Affair, Daughters of the Sun, Great Society Mind Destroyers

Sidestage: Plastic Boner Band

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://plasticcrimewave.com/projects/million-tongues-festival/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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