Girl
Group Chicago makes its debut at Chicago’s “Best Street Fest” (Chicago Magazine), Wicker Park Fest.
Girl
Group Chicago, the 2013 recipients of two Chicago Music Awards for "Best
New Entertainer" and "Pop Entertainer of the Year," is an all-female music phenomenon
that was founded by Shana East in March 2012. Since their first public appearance
at Schubas in December 2012, audiences and critics have praised every aspect of the
group’s performances as they “don’t so
much work the stage as commandeer it—even when they’re just
doing a simple sway-and-swim routine behind soulful renditions of ‘You Don’t
Own Me’ or ‘Last Minute Miracle’ (Chicago
Reader).”
Featuring
20 of Chicago’s most talented female artists, with its performers often playing
in other established Chicago bands, Girl Group Chicago takes the stage looking
like a demure 1960s-era girl band with beehived hair and lips painted and then
unleashes a powerful wall of sound performance with a mixture of 1960s
aesthetic and feel, reclaiming songs as its own with a 21st century edge
and a distinctive Girl Group sound. The Chicago
Reader’s Music Editor Philip Montoro said, “I'm sorry about every time I didn't see them over the past year and a
half... They strike the perfect balance between winking at the dated material
and having a huge, contagious amount of fun with it… I'm in love.”
