Chicago-based front of house engineer and tour manager Dave Unger joins the show in Episode 240 and talks about his career mixing high-energy world music artists that include Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Bombino, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, and many others at some of the highest profile venues and festivals in the world such as Coachella, the New Orleans and Montreal Jazz Festivals, Philharmonie de Paris, Bonnaroo, the Hollywood Bowl, the 9:30 Club, The Apollo, Austin City Limits, and more. This episode is sponsored by Allen & Heath and RCF.

Dave also talks about his work as the house engineer for the Old Town School of Folk Music, and mixing broadcast for Smoky Norful’s Victory Cathedral Worship Center, and extols the virtues of the world of Chicago pizza beyond deep dish!

Episode Links:
Dave Unger On Facebook & Instagram
Dave Unger Sound
Kenji López-Alt’s Dive Into Chicago Tavern Pizza
Episode 240 Transcript

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Episode 240 Transcript