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Demonstrators gather near the studio of singer R. Kelly to call for a boycott of his music after allegations of sexual abuse against young girls were raised on the highly-rated Lifetime mini-series "Surviving R. Kelly" on January 09, 2019 in Chicago.

Local station Clubsteppin 95.1 FM bans R. Kelly’s music in light of Lifetime docuseries

January 11, 2019 at 1:06 p.m.

Chicago-based radio station 95.1FM Chicago Clubsteppin, which hit the airwaves in August 2018, has banned R. Kelly’s music. In a video statement released Thursday via Facebook and Instagram, CSO and...

Chance the Rapper ‘no longer able to attend’ Creative Minds conversation with Renee Fleming

January 9, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

A conversation between artists Chance the Rapper and Renee Fleming has been canceled by event producer Creative Minds Talks after the rapper said he was “unable to attend” the talk...

Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross discuss their EP, performance advice from Diana Ross ahead of Chicago show

January 9, 2019 at 10:33 a.m.

Ashlee Simpson hadn’t released music in a decade, all but fully disappearing from public eye to raise her two children, before she and husband Evan Ross (son of icon Diana...

Djunah packs heavy riffs and a big punch for just two people … well, two and a half

December 26, 2018 at 8:09 a.m.

When two people take the stage, promising a hard rock show, you can’t help but groan. Sure there have been duos known to melt faces, but eventually the shine wears...

Cat Power talks latest album ‘Wanderer’ and knowing she won’t let herself down ahead of Chicago return

December 13, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

Chan Marshall, who has been turning out dark, bluesy folk records and touring as Cat Power since the early 1990s, has been known to cancel a live performance (or entire...

The Wilson Avenue Theater located at 1050 W. Wilson Avenue, the new location of the Double Door, is seen on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Chicago.

Double Door to reopen in old Wilson Avenue Theater in Uptown

December 11, 2018 at 4:20 p.m.

As Chicago’s independent venues rally in the face of an uncertain future under the shadow of $5 billion Lincoln Yards development, one of its most storied spaces announced plans for...

Left to right: Hijo Prodigo, aCe (Anthony Pabey) and Mister Wallace (Erik Lamar Wallace II), at Gramaphone Records.

Futurehood queers hip-hop to make room for everybody ‘on the spaceship’

December 11, 2018 at 11:42 p.m.

“Literally bringing people together is the act of culture, and connecting them to the collective consciousness is the act which inspires us to keep living,” says rapper Mister Wallace. “That's...

Moses Sumney performs during the 2018 Pitchfork Music Festival.

R&B singers Kelela and Moses Sumney to put on free show at Lincoln Hall

November 19, 2018 at 2:36 p.m.

After they each stormed Pitchfork Music Festival stages over the summer, R&B artists Moses Sumney and Kelela are joining forces for a free (yes, free) show at Lincoln Hall, brought...

Building community through sheer ‘sugar hustle,’ from wildly colorful cakes to new creative space

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Emily Nejad is in the kitchen of Maven, her recently opened creative space in Albany Park, by 7:30 a.m. every day — except Mondays. On Mondays, the owner and one-woman...

A collection of singles by Bob Dylan are seen on display at the Bob Dylan: Electric exhibit is seen at the American Writers Museum on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in Chicago.

Exhibit looks at how Bob Dylan ‘going electric’ influenced American culture, music and literature

December 17, 2018 at 3:59 p.m.

“‘Dylan goes electric’ is still shorthand for any time an artist or anybody does some radical turn in their music or in their work where they’re sort-of ‘Audience be damned,...

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