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What they wrote

60 pieces from 42 outlets, 2004 to 2020: 18 reviews and features, and the rest previews, interviews and listings. Each links to the original, with an archived copy where the page has gone.

When it ran

Reviews are the tall brass marks. Most of them ran in 2006 and 2007, around the first two albums. 57 of the 60 pieces appeared while the band was playing, 2004 to 2013, and 3 came later.

Reviews and features

Reviews that name Doug

Reviews of the band

Everything else, by year

Previews, interviews, newspaper calendars and tour announcements. Pieces the band wrote or sent out are marked “from the band”: they show where and when the band played, but they are not independent coverage.

20042 pieces
  1. Mar 11

    TRG Music Listings (Goran Ivanovic Group dates)

    Chicago Reader (TRG Music Listings)

    Listingno live page

  2. Jun 10

    TRG Music Listings (Chase Cafe, Goran Ivanovic & Doug Rosenberg)

    Chicago Reader

    Listing

20065 pieces
  1. Mar 22

    Balkan Fusion: Goran Ivanovic Group Goes on North American Tour

    World Music Central (band-issued tour announcement), World Music Central News Room

    Lists shows on Mar 28, 2006, Mar 29, 2006, Apr 1, 2006, Apr 8, 2006

    Listing, from the band

  2. Mar 27

    KlezCalendar: Goran Ivanovic Group, NYC, Mar 27

    KlezmerShack calendar (Ari Davidow), Ari Davidow

    Listing

  3. Jun 29

    WORLD MUSIC: Goran Ivanovic fuses Balkan folk, jazz

    The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), Guy D'Astolfo

    Feature

  4. Aug 24

    Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Club Tour

    Chicago Reader

    Lists shows on Aug 30, 2006

    Listing

  5. Sep 7

    Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival

    Chicago Reader

    Lists shows on Sep 10, 2006

    Listing

20077 pieces

  1. MAJIC Concert Series feature

    Revue Magazine (Grand Rapids)

    Lists shows on Nov 9, 2007

    “the beloved Eastern Blok from Chicago”

    Previewnot confirmed

  2. Mar 8

    848: Eastern Blok perform "Heart Shaped Box"

    Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ), Eight Forty-Eight

    Radio sessionnot confirmed

  3. Mar 22

    Radio Muse webcast 16

    Muse's Muse (Radio Muse)

    Listingarchived copy

  4. Jul 24

    Eastern Blok Wanted for Folk Tales, Angelina Jolie Flick

    ALARM

    Preview

  5. Jul 26

    Eastern Blok Appears in Angelina Jolie's Upcoming Film, Wanted, and Will Release Folk Tales in October

    World Music Central (band-issued tour announcement), World Music Central News Room

    Lists shows on Jul 26, 2007, Jul 27, 2007, Jul 28, 2007, Aug 2, 2007, Aug 17, 2007, Aug 18, 2007, Aug 23, 2007, Sep 1, 2007

    Listing, from the band

  6. Aug 20

    Eastern Blok review

    Propculture.com

    Reviewnot confirmed

  7. Dec 14

    Testimonial on Eastern Blok's campus lectures and concert

    Truman State University (Royce Kallerud, associate professor of English), Royce Kallerud

    Lists shows on Nov 2, 2007

    “provide students with real insight into the connections between folk traditions”

    Testimonialno live page

20088 pieces
  1. Feb 27

    Eastern Blok (band-supplied biography)

    All About Jazz (band-supplied bio)

    Band bionot confirmed

  2. Mar 12

    Eastern Blok March 08 Tour

    World Music Central (band-issued tour announcement), admin

    Lists shows on Mar 22, 2008, Mar 24, 2008, Mar 25, 2008, Mar 26, 2008, Mar 27, 2008, Mar 30, 2008, Mar 31, 2008

    Listing, from the band

  3. Mar 24

    Photo and caption, Pillbox section, page 30

    The Tartan (Carnegie Mellon student newspaper), Jesse Kummer (photo staff)

    Lists shows on Mar 22, 2008

    “a band blending jazz with a Balkan (southeastern European) influence”

    Mention

  4. Mar 24

    Calendar of events - 3/24/2008

    Princeton Weekly Bulletin (Princeton University)

    Lists shows on Mar 24, 2008

    Listing

  5. May 28

    This Week in Jazz / About Tonight

    DCist

    Lists shows on May 29, 2008

    Listing

  6. Jul 16

    Serb-o-riffic films and music

    Chicago Reader (blog)

    “locals Eastern Blok will play their fluid and vivid Balkan-inspired jazz”

    Preview

  7. Sep 26

    Eastern Blok Heads West for its Fall Tour 2008

    World Music Central (band-issued tour announcement), World Music Central News Room

    Lists shows on Sep 25, 2008, Sep 26, 2008, Oct 9, 2008, Oct 10, 2008, Oct 11, 2008, Oct 15, 2008, Oct 17, 2008, Oct 18, 2008

    Listing, from the band

  8. Oct 6

    Calendar: Madison and Milwaukee "with Snarky Puppy"

    easternblok.net calendar (the band's own site)

    Lists shows on Oct 28, 2008, Oct 29, 2008

    Listing, from the bandarchived copy

20094 pieces
  1. Aug 15

    Eastern Blok To Play Free Concert On Friday, August 28 At Saint Louis Art Museum

    All About Jazz (St. Louis Jazz Notes), Dean Minderman

    Lists shows on Aug 28, 2009

    “returning to St. Louis to play a free concert”

    Preview

  2. Sep 9

    Eastern Blok @ MSUM & Studio 222 Sept. 18

    Minnesota State University Moorhead News

    Lists shows on Sep 18, 2009

    “effortlessly blends classical and jazz music”

    Preview

  3. Oct 29

    The List: October 29-November 4, 2009

    Chicago Reader (The List), Peter Margasak

    Listing

  4. Dec 17

    New Year's Eve 2009: Music

    Chicago Reader

    Lists shows on Dec 31, 2009

    Listing

20105 pieces
  1. Jul 30

    Eastern Blok

    ALARM Magazine, Kyle Gilkeson

    Preview

  2. Aug 9

    Eastern Blok

    CityBeat (Cincinnati), Brian Baker

    “An exotic favorite within the Chicago music scene.”

    Preview

  3. Aug 11

    Eastern Blok bringing its distinctive sound to the Blind Pig

    AnnArbor.com, Kevin Ransom

    Preview

  4. Sep 30

    Interview: Goran Ivanovic

    Work and Worry, David Leicht

    Interview

  5. Dec 8

    Eastern Blok (FLOOD Magazine Chicago Event Calendar)

    FLOOD Magazine

    Lists shows on Dec 8, 2010

    Listing

20113 pieces
  1. Mar 13

    Spring Tour Dates! And some new videos.

    Snarky Puppy (band blog), admin

    Lists shows on Mar 29, 2011, Mar 30, 2011, Apr 1, 2011, Apr 2, 2011, Apr 6, 2011, Apr 7, 2011, Apr 8, 2011

    Listing, from the bandarchived copy

  2. Nov 30

    Tasty Eastern Blok coffee

    Bennington Banner (VT)

    Previewnot confirmed

  3. Dec 9

    E-week

    Bennington Banner (VT)

    Previewnot confirmed

20124 pieces
  1. May 17

    Jazz This Week: Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Madeleine Peyroux, Eastern Blok, Marcus Lewis, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, and More

    All About Jazz / St. Louis Jazz Notes, Dean Minderman

    Preview

  2. Jul 6

    Eastern Blok at The Thompson House

    JazzNearYou

    Lists shows on Jul 6, 2012

    Listing

  3. Jul 18

    Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival

    Chicago Reader

    Lists shows on Jul 22, 2012

    Listing

  4. Oct

    JazzPRESS, October 2012: interview with Matt Ulery (Wywiady, pp. 78-80)

    JazzPRESS (Poland), Interviewer signed "RG" (full name not captured)

    “Part of the music was written by Goran Ivanovic, and part is mine.”

    Interviewtranslated

20131 piece
  1. Jan

    DownBeat, January 2013 (mention)

    DownBeat

    Mentionno live page

20161 piece
  1. Mar 9

    In the Music Spotlight: Goran Ivanovic Trio

    Chicago Sun-Times, Jeff Elbel

    Look backnot confirmed

20171 piece
  1. Jul 24

    Meet Croatian-born guitarist Goran Ivanovic from Chicago

    EuroCircle, Kaisa Kokkonen

    Feature

20201 piece
  1. Oct 28

    Goran Invanovic (All About Jazz musician page; sic)

    All About Jazz

    Band bio

Still missing

Newspaper archives are the biggest gap: the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, and the print Chicago Reader, were not searchable here (the Reader's website keeps only about a dozen pages that name the band). The tours with Snarky Puppy, 2008 and 2011, have dates but no coverage yet. If you wrote about the band, or kept a clipping, I'd like to see it.

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