One of the highlights of live music for me so far this calendar year was the amazing Thawed Out Fest which took place on April 26 at an improv comedy club in Chicago called the iO Theater. Curated by Steve Plock (drummer for the legendary Chicago band Curls) the festival featured two stages -- one outdoor and one inside.
I covered both stages with a mic stand and a board patch. Luckily the festival was run as a tight ship and there was no time overlap on either stage the entire day. Every single band and musician who performed there was absolutely on fire, and I had an absolute blast recording there. All of the performers connected to be recorded, so you can count on a lot more recordings of the festival in the next few months. I strongly recommend watching out for the festival on its (hopeful) return in the Spring of 2026. It's worth traveling for.
One highlight (of many) was North Carolina-based Rosali Middleman, who usually goes by the moniker Rosali. Her songs and voice are both beautiful. There's an emotional and heartfelt honesty to her lyrics which never becomes cloying or self-obsessed.
For this performance she was accompanied on stage by a band pulled from (or partially shared by) David Nance's Mowed Sound collective.
Recording information:
ROSALI
2025-04-26
Chicago at iO Theater
Thawed Out Fest
Rosali Middleman: vocals and guitar
Pearl Lovejoy Boyd: backing vocals
James Schroeder: guitar
David Nance: bass
Kevin Donahue: drums
Setlist:
01 On Tonight
02 Hopeless
03 Waited All Day
04 Hills on Fire
05 Hey Heron
06 Slow Pain
07 Change Is in the Form
08 Rewind
09 My Kind
Total time = 54:05
Recorded with permission by Richard Hayes for this blog
Microphones: Line Audio CM3
Additional source: mono SBD feed
Recorder: MixPre6ii at 32/96
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct
downloads:
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video of her performance at Union Pool in Brooklyn in 2022:
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