Hanging Hearts — Garver Feed Mill Patio — Friday, August 27, 2021 — 7PM

By Michael Brenneis

Interview date: 08/03/2021

Along with drummer Quin Kirchner, Chicago’s Hanging Hearts consists of Cole DeGenova and Chris Weller, two Oak Park high school chums who went on to formulate their musical identities at Boston’s Berklee College of Music during the first decade of this century. Tone Madison’s own Scott Gordon describes the band as “brash and frequently exuberant” and “moving between surging, rock-inspired melodies one moment and fragmented free jazz the next.” I dialed up saxophonist Chris Weller to get the low down on the band, his other projects, and his role with Big Fish Booking — one of today’s premier creative music booking and management agencies.