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Month: January 2019

Free Snacks Serve a Tasty Mix of Funky, Laid-Back Rap on Debut EP

January 28, 2019

This week we caught up with a new duo on the Chicago rap scene, Free Snacks. Joshua Virtue and Ruby Watson recall how they both met at a party and immediately hit it of, something unusual, Virtue jokes, "because I normally hate rappers." Working alone, it's easy to get inside your own head, Watson said. [...]

Shamir Reclaims His Rock Roots with Guitar-Driven, Socially Poignant Album “Resolution”

January 27, 2019

On his new album “Resolution,” Shamir is making raw, vulnerable indie rock

Maggie Brown on Oscar Brown Jr. and the Opportunity Please Knock Chorus

January 27, 2019

The Opportunity Please Knock Chorus (a creative collaboration between Oscar Brown Jr. and the notorious Blackstone Rangers street gang) premiered 50 years ago.

A Chicago Showcase Glows at NYC’s Winter Jazz Fest

January 18, 2019

Featuring The Juju Exchange, Akenya Seymour, Resavoir, Jeremy Cunningham, Mikel Patrick Avery’s Play, Angel Bat Dawid, Ben LaMar Gay and more.

Slingshot: Artists To Watch In 2019

January 17, 2019

If this list is any indication, 2019 will be filled with incredible music, thanks to artists like Kelsey Lu, IDER, Jean Deaux, Fontaines D.C., Mvstermind and more.

Black Girl Superhero, Rahkii, is Zooming

January 8, 2019

Rahkii is a Chicago singer / songwriter whose sound is too big for one genre. She’s worked as a background vocalist for Jennifer Hudson, Eryn Allen Kane and Patti LaBelle, and it’s high time for her to take the center stage.

Lizzo Serves Up Some Fresh-Pressed, ’80s-Inspired ‘Juice’

January 4, 2019

In her latest video, Lizzo takes cues from assorted bits of nostalgia — Jane Fonda workout tapes, Coming to America, QVC infomercials — and shades them with her singular, life-affirming zeal.