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Music, In Rotation Oct 29, 2019
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Chicago soul aficionado Darrell Gordon on the most underrated Motown singer of the 1960s

Plus: Ken Wong of the Strange Attractor on a kaleidoscopic collection of communist and anarchist black metal, Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin on The Voice Senior, and more
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: In Rotation, Sarah Vaughan, Once in a While, Sassy, Michael Edwards, Bud Green, The Dick Cavett Show, Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One, Masters of American Music, PBS, Billy Eckstine, The Voice, The Voice Senior, Noble, Eduardo Villegas, big TEEN, manifesto, Andrew Tham, Mabel Kwan, Mega Laverne & Shirley, Darrell Gordon, Drifters, Clyde McPhatter, Money Honey, George Treadwell, Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, Five Crowns, Up on the Roof, The Rat Race, Rockin’ & Driftin’, Kim Weston, Marvin Gaye, It Takes Two, Looking for the Right Guy, Smokey Robinson, Motown, Berry Gordy, Hullabaloo, Jan Bradley, Formal Records, Chess Records, Mama Didn’t Lie, Curtis Mayfield, Hairspray, Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration, I’m Over You, It’s Just Your Way, Billy Stewart, I’m No Romeo, I Do Love You, Ken Wong, the Strange Attractor, Tatizo Pesa, Jay Mitta, Nyege Nyege Tapes, Cosmic Collective: A Choir for the Dispossessed, Red Nebula, RABM, Antecantamentum, Tonantzin, Vociferatus, Uthullun, Vulbo, MASF, Thornoscillator, effects, pedal, Video

Music, Music Feature Dec 3, 2014
Before the Civil Rights Act, Herman Roberts's club defined black nightlife on the south side

As proprietor of Roberts Show Lounge and the 500 Room, Roberts booked the likes of Nat "King" Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton—and responded to segregation and its legacy with ingenuity and class.
- By James Porter
- Tags: Music Feature, Herman Roberts, Roberts Show Lounge, the 500 Room, Roberts Motels, Marcella Saffo, Bob Jones, Roberts Cab Company, Lucky Spot, Roberts Lounge and Liquors, Duke Groner, Louis Jordan, Jackie Wilson, Nat "King" Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Ramsey Lewis, Jewel Box Revue, Dinah Washington, Bobby Bland, Billy Eckstine, Esther Phillips

Music, In Rotation Sep 12, 2012
In Rotation: Tortoise's Jeff Parker digs on Billy Eckstine

Plus: Reader writer Peter Margasak on the English Beat, and engineer Ken Brown on MarioBataliVoice.blogspot.com
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Huong Thanh, Trypes, the English Beat, Jeff Parker, Tortoise, Aki Tsuyuko, Billy Eckstine, Propellerhead Reason, Steve Albini, Cermakk, Red Red Meat

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