"The ultimate act of revolution and defiance is to find and spread joy and inspiration",

     "We have the power of music when we make music of power" 

                                                                                                                - Brian Imig

      Brian Imig was born in the suburbs of Chicago during  the Renaissance of the 20th Century.

      A muti-instrumentalist, singer song writer, improviser and composer he has been performing since 1979. A veteran of many now defunct Chicago homes to performance such as Chicago Filmmakers, Randolph Street Gallery, Crosscurrents, Club Lower Links, MultiKulti, Club 950, Kinetic Playground, Jane Addams Hull House, New Music Chicago and Chicago Peace Festivals.  Brian also has initiated live music performances in spaces not usually associated with music such as Lincoln Park Conservatory, Museum Of Science and Industry and Starved Rock State Park Lodge.

     In 2008 Imig began recording and releasing music starting with the solo album "Fantasylvania" The latest release titled "Legend & Myth" was released on the Winter Solstice of 2024, with a new album titled "The Gate" slated for Autumn 2025.

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    Brian was honored to co-write and record a piece with Jade Warrior offshoot band Dogstar Poets, on their album "Off Planet". A few years later, contributions were sent across the ocean, and a few notes landed on the Jade Warrior album "Now". 

    He has also successfully pestered and played with various members of the A.A.C.M. over the years, such as Hamid Drake, Harrison Bankhead, Douglas Ewart and Mwata Bowden. 

    Brian is humbled to have opened for such diverse masters as Ralph Towner and also Daevid Allen.

Brian is also a radio host and program director at Time Trip Radio. The first incarnation of Time Trip Radio was a podcast which ran from 2010 - 2016. The show ran monthly and a "best of" selection is archived here: 

https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Time+Trip+Radio%22 Other incarnations of Time Trip Radio included shows on WZRD Chicago & Authentic Radio Network

    Brian served as M.C. for the Chicago Peace Festival and the Michigan Peace Festival for several years as well as stage managing, and helping to organize these events. In 2022 Imig and his partner Laura Zasada  began the intermittent Fantasylvania Festival. The first was held at the Willow Ranch in Michigan and the second was a free one day affair at City News Cafe in Chicago on May 31 2025.

                                                                                                              photo: Carma Lynn Park