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Sun Ra’s musical poetry — and how it began in Chicago — captured in new gallery exhibit

April 16, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

The story of Sun Ra, and his time in Chicago, continues to unfold for old and new audiences alike. In "Sun Ra, The Substitute Words: Poetry, 1957-72," a new exhibition...

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa, left, looks at his phone before shooting his new video with the participation of activist Alex King, right, and direction of Andrew Gould at The Forum, in the south side, Wednesday Oct., 21, 2020.

Vic Mensa on Julius Jones and his new song: It’s ‘a gift to be able to be useful in a meaningful way to the lives of real people’

April 8, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.

"I am human, you know, damaged. And I know everybody else is too," said Vic Mensa. "And music is one of the most powerful communication tools that we have." Like...

Artist Rebecca Baruc in her back yard in Chicago, Wednesday, Mach 3, 2021. One year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago’s music professionals facing greater hurdles as live entertainment begins to re-open

April 2, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

"I think we have all split off into very different realities physically, emotionally, socially," says Rebecca Baruc, a visual artist and the former full-time music programmer and director at Uncommon...

Kice Akkawi ve la transmisión y los comentarios mientras Robbie Gold realiza un espectáculo en la aplicación de videoconferencia Zoom, Facebook Live e Instagram Live en el espacio de ensayo de Musical Garage en West Town el jueves 9 de abril de 2020 en Chicago.

Dejaron Chicago y se fueron a México ‘para mantener el talento y la creatividad’

March 2, 2021 at 2:36 p.m.

En seis meses pueden pasar muchas cosas. Si no que se lo pregunten a Kice Akkawi, director de operaciones de Treblemonsters, una empresa de gestión y curación musical. En agosto,...

Chicago performers who fled to Mexico for opportunities continue to make a go of it as they await a revived local scene

February 26, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

A lot can happen in six months. Just ask Kice Akkawi, the director of operations for Treblemonsters, a music management and curation company. Last August, Akkawi and a group of...

For Chicago singer-songwriter Claude, something old becomes something new as the world reshaped her art

February 19, 2021 at 9:04 a.m.

Everybody deserves a second chance. Just take Claudia Ferme-Giralt. The singer and songwriter, who performs under the name Claude, has stepped into the spotlight with her latest EP, "Enactor," which...

Sooper Records co-owners Sen Morimoto, from left, Glenn Curran, and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya pose for a photograph at The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Chicago. The artists-owned record label was formed in 2016.

Chicago’s Sooper Records, the little label that cares, is going off like a rocket with new music and great ideas

February 12, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

"Our pitch is always, we love this record. We believe in you. And we will do everything that we can for this release," said Glenn Curran, co-founder of Sooper Records....

The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.

Review: The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime performance was an expensive nothing

February 7, 2021 at 9:33 p.m.

The Weeknd is a pop star, I think. It's there in the music, in his ascendancy from the Toronto underground to the mainstream. And it's certainly there in the spectacle...

Ramsey Lewis at the piano in his Chicago home Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.

Jazz legend Ramsey Lewis, is back with ‘Saturday Salon’ and on Bandcamp, part of the technological in crowd

February 5, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

"It's all about the music. It's not about me running my mouth," said composer, jazz pianist and former radio personality Ramsey Lewis. The celebrated musician, who has recorded more than...

Chicago band The Deals have hung up the country hats for power pop that you need to hear now. As in, right now.

January 29, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

"I think of these songs as skeletons and sometimes we put leather jackets on them and sometimes we put cowboy hats on them," said Joe Suihkonen of The Deals. These...

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