Wednesday, February 3 2010
Josephine Foster: Graphic As a Star
The Snow White of freak-folk gets her Emily Dickinson on.
Thursday, January 28 2010
Umphrey’s McGee: 29 December 2009 - Chicago
Live shows aren’t simply a promotional tool for the six laid-back musicians from the Midwest. They are mechanisms by which to display their passion for music-plain and simple.
Tuesday, January 19 2010
Grant Lee Phillips: 6 December 2009 - Chicago
It’s much easier to write about unrequited love and cheating liars. It’s hard to sing happy, but Phillips does it well.
Wednesday, January 13 2010
The Pillowman: Extended Through 6 February 2010 - Chicago
The play leaves the audience questioning their reactions, while the in-your-face staging leaves hearts pounding and palms sweating.
The 411 on R&B
A new decade promises to bring fresh sounds and renewed vigor to R&B. Let's hope it keeps its promise.
Friday, January 8 2010
Kid Sister: 25 November 2009 - Chicago
All the buildup and excitement surrounding Ultraviolet made her show at the House of Blues in Chicago a celebratory homecoming. But something else was revealed too.
Tuesday, December 15 2009
I Still Love H.E.R. (And So Should Everyone Else)
One surprisingly successful technique for converting hip-hop haters and deepening the existing fan's love for the culture is to expose them to "old school hip-hop".
KRS-One & Buckshot: Survival Skills (Reviews) [4.Dec.09]
Peaches + Amanda Blank: 20 November 2009 - Chicago (Reviews) [3.Dec.09]
Del the Funky Homosapien & Tame One: Parallel Uni-verses (Reviews) [30.Nov.09]
Why won’t rappers rap about marriage? (Sources Say) [16.Nov.09]
Joe Bonamassa: 24 October 2009 - Chicago (Reviews) [16.Nov.09]
Kosha Dillz: Beverly Dillz (Capsule Reviews) [13.Nov.09]
Bell X1: 25 September 2009 - Chicago (Reviews) [3.Nov.09]
Rhythm &Blues Foundation needs help , so it can help others (News) [30.Oct.09]
Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty (Reviews) [30.Oct.09]
Twista: Category F5 (Reviews) [27.Oct.09]
The ‘Ol Crotchety One Kicks It Transatlantic Style (Columns) [23.Oct.09]
Verse-Chorus-Verse: An Interview with Meshell Ndegeocello (Sound Affects) [19.Oct.09]
The Messengers (Columns) [12.Oct.09]
“RE: Raw Video of Derrion Albert 16 teen year old beaten to death ...” (Channel Surfing) [7.Oct.09]
Steve Wynn IV Band + The Minus 5 + The Baseball Project: 11 September 2009 - Chicago (Reviews) [6.Oct.09]
Pet Shop Boys: 14 September 2009 - Chicago (Reviews) [2.Oct.09]
Jay-Z: The Journey of an Icon (Columns) [29.Sep.09]
Robert Glasper Loves the Groove (Features) [28.Aug.09]
Kill The Record Labels (Reviews) [17.Aug.09]
It Ain’t Hard to Tell: The Legacy of ‘Illmatic’ (Columns) [20.Jul.09]
Potluck: Pipe Dreams (Capsule Reviews) [12.Jun.09]
Big Quarters: From the Home of Brown Babies & White Mothers (Capsule Reviews) [29.May.09]
Jodeci Videos Are Insane: “Forever My Lady” Vs. “Feenin’” (Sound Affects) [9.Mar.09]
Postcards from the edge: I was in a cell phone commercial (Sound Affects) [12.Feb.09]
Watching Rap (Features) [9.Feb.09]
Concert Overload (Columns) [3.Feb.09]
Needles in the Haystack (Features) [30.Jan.09]
What It Was Like (Features) [30.Jan.09]
Sweatshop Union: Water Street (Capsule Reviews) [30.Jan.09]
Yesterday’s Dreams: Motown in the 1980s (Features) [29.Jan.09]
What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye’s Liberation from the Motown Sound (Features) [29.Jan.09]
Moka Only: Carrots and Eggs (Capsule Reviews) [29.Jan.09]
These Are the Breaks: The Motown Sound’s Influence on Hip-Hop Sampling (Features) [28.Jan.09]
Twirling the Dial: My Motown Memories (Features) [28.Jan.09]
Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (Features) [27.Jan.09]
Manufacturing Motown (Features) [27.Jan.09]
The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style (Features) [27.Jan.09]
Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Singles (Features) [26.Jan.09]
Is Obama’s presidency the change hip-hop needs? (News) [20.Jan.09]
Sen Dog: Diary of a Mad Dog (Reviews) [20.Jan.09]
Will Obama’s victory force hip-hop to change its tune? (News) [14.Nov.08]
Patti LaBelle and her soul sisters are making beautiful music once again (News) [7.Nov.08]
Ave.To: Three Way Intersection (Capsule Reviews) [3.Nov.08]
Khia: Nasti Muzik (Reviews) [6.Oct.08]
The Nightmare and the Dream by Dax-Devlon Ross (Reviews) [22.Sep.08]
KRS-One: Maximum Strength 2008 (Reviews) [17.Sep.08]
Ise Lyfe: Prince Cometh (Reviews) [16.Sep.08]
The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed (Reviews) [15.Sep.08]
Tanya Morgan: The Bridge EP (Capsule Reviews) [3.Sep.08]
Stacked with soul: Soulmen were spreading the word about Memphis (News) [26.Aug.08]
