Art Makers Outpost Salon Concert Series: Special Double Headliner Anna Soltys & The Familiar & The Chris Greene Quartet

Join us at the Sunday, December 15, 2024 Outpost After Dark Salon Series featuring the incredible musical stylings of the Anna Soltys & The Familiars and The Chris Greene Quartet.

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Art Makers Outpost!

Doors open: 5:45

Tickets $25 online each (anyone who is no longer sitting on a lap needs a ticket)

(*Tickets are $30 if purchased at the door)

Open Seating / Some standing room – first come first serve

SPONSORED BY: Evanston Family Chiropractic, Sketchbook, La Principal, Art Makers Outpost & Our Evanston

Headliner: Anna Soltys and the Familiar

Anna Soltys and the Familiar is a modern Folk Rock band with an entrancing new sound. Anna spent the first part of her childhood in Poland followed by 6 years in Paris before she moved to her self-proclaimed home, Chicago. It is the cross-cultural awareness that may awaken the type of delivery that is so unique to her sound. On top of the music, her lyrical, poetic content fills the heart with an awareness of the self we could all use a little of.

Anna’s music explores and embodies elements of pain, strength, honesty, and sorrow. From start to finish, lyrically driven simple melodies leave you with a sense of colorful melancholy.

Anna Soltys- Guitar/Vocals

Larry Beers- Drums/Percussion/Glockenspiel

David Smith- Bass/Saxophone/ Clarinet

John Pirucello -E-Guitar/Mandolin/Pedal

Headliner: The Chris Greene Quartet

The Chris Greene Quartet has been a highly visible part of Chicago’s jazz scene since 2005, and has maintained a stable lineup from the beginning, with the exception of Steve Corley, who has held the drum chair since 2011. Damian Espinosa on piano and keyboards and Marc Piane on acoustic and electric basses have been onboard since the beginning. Unique among Chicago bands, most of whom feature, by necessity, constantly shifting personnel, the CGQ has been able to develop a true group sound and feel, harking back to bands from the classic age of jazz when groups could stay together for long periods of time. While honoring the tradition, the CGQ incorporates elements of funk, hip-hop, rock, pop, the blues and reggae, reflecting their diverse backgrounds.

CGQ’s most recent record – “PlaySPACE 2 – Play Harder” recently received a 4 1/2 star rating from DownBeat Magazine. The band was also recently honored at the 2018 Chicago Music Awards with an award for “Best Jazz Entertainer” and recently won the “Best Jazz Band” category in the Chicago Reader “Best of Chicago” Poll.