Not only was Brother Ali's Making Music performance written up in last week's City Pages, the show also got its own slideshow! Woo! They did manage to confuse our series name (Making Music not Music Making), but no one is perfect. For those of you who didn't attend the show, it was a really amazing night. Jake Spencer from The Wake wrote, “Brother Ali’s music comes from deep introspection and baring of the rapper’s soul, and in talking so intimately about his life last night, we got an excellent sense of who Brother Ali is and why he writes the way he does. This was one of the...

Well, that was quick. After a couple days, we've reached our limit. For those of you who were quick on the click, congrats! We’ll send out confirmations soon. For those that didn’t get a chance to request a ticket, well, Yipes. There’s a chance that we’ll have some extra tickets the night of the event. If people that requested tickets don’t show up by 8pm, we’re giving their tickets away to those that are actually there. We can’t guarantee that you will get in if you show up, but if it’s really important for you, you can give it a shot and get in line.

OK. Here's the deal. You are in on the news that Brother Ali is going to be visiting the Whole as a guest of this fall's Making Music series. We expect reserve tickets to go very quickly for this event. However, since you keep your ear close the ground and are a generally cool individual, you also know that you can reserve tickets for the event starting this Wednesday, October 1st at noon CST. At that time, check back in at the Making Music page, click the Reserve Tickets link, and get in on a very cool event. And don't forget to check out snippets of previous Making Music events on our spiffy YouTube channel.