Chicago Reader - The itinerant Million Tongues Festival celebrates 20 years by returning to the source

Chicago Reader
By Bill Meyer
August 6, 2024

Left to right (clockwise): Bil Vermette, the Joy Poppers, Spires That In the Sunset Rise with Michael Zerang, Armando Nava of Los Dug Dug's, and Simon Finn

“In honor of Million Tongues’ 20th anniversary, Krakow has returned to the club where it all began. This year’s festival will span two nights, one of dark folk magic and the other of heavy rock action. A preparty at Experimental Sound Studio on Wednesday, August 14, will include an art show featuring posters and photos from previous festivals and a conversation between Krakow and English folk singer Simon Finn—whose entropic, feverishly spiritual songs were a highlight of the 2004 edition. The weekend’s concerts will re-create the nonstop sensory overload of the original fest by having performers play on a side stage between main-stage sets.”