Adnan ARIF

Finally, with the Covid pandemic ruining most musical events, this year,  I have a gig lined up at the Uncommon Ground, (Edgewater location) playing outdoors with social distancing.  Excited to be playing a live event..More info coming soon! Date is August 1st

So I finished editing music videos of two cover songs I played recently !  Check them out on Youtube!

Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters' which I played at the Chicago Pagan Pride Festival downtown at the Que4Radio building...

https://youtu.be/b2K4fgRR8YI

The Eagles 'Hotel California' that we played with the band some time back!  Goji Tanabe's amazing bass playing, Robert Norkevicius solid rythm guitaring, Grant Niebergall's in-the-pocket drumming! Love playing with these guys...

https://youtu.be/EDcxsPwu7c8

Now that summer is over, and i'm done playing for the Village of Homewood and Tinley Park farmer's market, I intend to finish my song' Are We Humans' which is in the mastering stage! Thanks to Joe Diliberto, my friend and mentor (www.tonaleclipseear.com ) , who helped with giving me some great tips to polish and fix my mixes!

Hopefully next year I will have more time for music gigs , and aim to bring back my band members and gig out regularly ! 

Have a great Thanksgiving!

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What a blast it was to play for the Firemen of Engine 18! They have always been so gracious and welcoming, and Tufano's Restaurant has some of the best Italian food in Chicago! 

Great to have Goji Tanabe play with us, our new bass player. He was the missing piece of the puzzle. We sounded better and tighter than ever! Everybody was grooving, we were like a jam band, playing off each others vibes and energy, and the crowd's energy! 

Excited to announce I will be playing at The Hampton Social soon! No set dates yet, but hopefully within the next few months, and hopefully I can play there regularly! Its a beautiful restaurant with awesome , trendy vibes and great acoustics !  Stay tuned...

Excited to play at the trendy Cafe La Fortuna in Willowbrook, Ilinois. My friend Goji Tanabe will likely be accompanying me, as we play originals, and soft blues/ rock/ pop/ cover songs. I will be playing acoustic, soft rock covers and originals, strumming sweet chords on my electric, acoustic, and new Spanish Cordoba guitar. Maybe I will indulge in some piano too if Im in the mood ....

Cafe La Fortuna has the best South American coffee available. You Starbucks fans will never go back! 

Come out to listen to some sweet music Saturday evening, Music and coffee go well together, like Red Roses and Love... 

Its always nice to play outdoors in the daytime, surrounded by fun, frolicking people, wandering through stalls of baked goodies and other assorted eye-catching items and vendors selling their wares! I will be playing again this year at the Village of Homewood Farmer's Market, in downtown Homewood, Illinois, in Martin Square! Come out to enjoy the Market, and listen to some blues rock, acoustic style! Western rock and covers of classic rock songs! Also some piano instrumentals! 

As part of Bucktown's Chillfest 2017, yours truly is doing a solo acoustic set at "Native Foods Cafe" (1484 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago) on :

Saturday November 25th at 330 pm!

It's a one hour acoustic blues and soft rock set. Come on in and enjoy the all-vegetarian food and cool music! Come on out and support local businesses! 

Excited to announce that we will be playing for the Village of Homewood's farmer's market in the summer. We have a few dates lined up , all on Saturday's 1130-1 pm. ( June 3rd, July 8th, July 22nd and Sep 2nd. Hope you can come out, enjoy the nice summer weather, and listen to some sweet acoustic/ electric classic/ contemporary soft rock music!