Reviewed for the Chicago Sun-Times. Concert date: Friday, May 21, 2010.

Dap-Kings' thundering soul

Brooklyn band brings joy to its stronghold of Chicago fans

BY JEFF ELBEL


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Join us at the 2010 Cornerstone Festival! This discount link supports Ping:


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Kimberley Rew (The Soft Boys, Robyn Hitchcock, Katrina and the Waves) made a concept EP in 2007 called "Ridgeway." It's available for free, no strings attached, at kimberleyrew.com. The songs follow a map in the artwork on a 150 mile walk Rew made from the North Sea to Ave Gury (just past the namesake Berkshire Ridgeway). Digging it! I've always ( Read more... )

“Clouds Within the Thunder” case for iPhone/iPod Touch
by Griffin Technology and Threadless


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In this newsblast:

* Chicago area Ping shows this week!
* Cornerstone 2009 recap + voting request for 2010 [http://tinyurl.com/ndsnf5]
* FREE Ping album, etc.
* Ping “working crew” embroidered patch
* Jeff’s other music (featuring Harrison St. Ukulele Players)
* Thanks!

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Published today in the Weekend section of the Chicago Sun-Times ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Les Paul! You made the world a better place. Louder, too.

Jeff Elbel + Ping performing at the Cornerstone Festival: July 01-02, 2009

(Thanks to Jeff Holland, Angela Behm, Jonathan Dix and Andy Taylor!)

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Happy impending birthday, Schmise!! - jeff