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Music, Music Feature May 1, 2019
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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.
- By Tiffany Walden
- Tags: Music Feature, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Heavn, Young Chicago Authors, South Side Community Art Center, Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Sun Ra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Octavia Butler, Frida Kahlo, Eartha Kitt, James Baldwin, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Sonia Sanchez, Betty Davis, Kevin Coval, VAM Studio, Fatimah Asghar, Peter Cottontale, Ego Tripping, Improvisation, Oddcouple, Diego Rivera, Slot-A, Nico Segal, Kindred, South Side Community Art Center, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2017
Ravyn Lenae, Saba, Sir the Baptist, and other Chicago acts sizzled at Mamby on the Beach

Mamby on the Beach booked lots of great locals, and we've got photos to prove it.
- By Paul Boucher
- Tags: Music, Things I Love, Visual Art, Mamby on the Beach, music, music festivals, Saba, Ravyn Lenae, Sir the Baptist, Oddcouple, Green Velvet, photography

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2017
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Chicago R&B sensation Ravyn Lenae promises to be a bright spot at this year’s Mamby on the Beach

Eighteen-year-old Ravyn Lenae is more spellbinding on the new Midnight Moonlight than some of Mamby's headliners have been in years.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, Ravyn Lenae, Midnight Moonlight, Untitled, Zero Fatigue, Monte Booker, Smino, R&B, hip-hop, Mamby on the Beach, Saba, Sir the Baptist, Oddcouple, Closed Sessions, Video

Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Not Normal Tapes, the Bug, Ralph Rivera, Infestational, Baus, Quailbones, hardcore, Maximum Pelt, Basement Family, Swear Beam, Lifestyles, Flesh Panthers, Dan Rico, Chives, Magic Ian, Trouble in Mind, Bill Roe, Lisa Roe, Alto!, the Hecks, Omni, Deluxe, record labels, Hausu Mountain, Doug Kaplan, Max Allison, Tiger Village, Tim Thornton, Mukqs, TALsounds, Natalie Chami, Quicksails, Ben Billington, Closed Sessions, Alex Fruchter, Mike Kolar, Kweku Collins, Nat Love, Jamila Woods, Heavn, Oddcouple, DJ Rude One, hip-hop, soul, Krautrock, garage rock

Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2016
Updated: Chance the Rapper’s new nonprofit hosts a ‘Parade to the Polls’ on Monday

Chance the Rapper's SocialWorks collaborates with Chicago Votes and Prime Fortune on a free concert at the Virgin Hotel and a march to the Chicago Board of Elections.
- By Tiffany Walden
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, News, Politics, SocialWorks, Parade to the Polls, Chance the Rapper, Taylor Bennett, OddCouple, Twin Peaks, Stefan Ponce, Malcolm London, Chicago Votes, Essence Smith, Justin Cunningham, Prime Fortune, Kemdah Stroud, Nicole Johnson, election, early voting, Virgin Hotel, Magnificent Coloring Day, millennials

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2016
Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety

Stereogum's recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Sol Patches, As2Water Hurricanes, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Brian Fresco, Joey Purp, Save Money, Stereogum, Chiraq, drill, hip-hop, Chicago hip-hop, Chief Keef, Closed Sessions, Kweku Collins, OddCouple, Jamila Woods, Twitter, In Rod We Lust, Lil Durk, King Louie, Lil Reese

Music, Music Feature Apr 13, 2016
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Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions

Raised on poetry and West African drumming, this thoughtful young Evanston rapper and producer just released his first album, Nat Love.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Kweku Collins, Closed Sessions, Nat Love, Evanston Township High School, Alex Fruchter, Ruby Hornet, OddCouple, Boathouse, Jamila Woods, Andrew Barber, Fake Shore Drive, Ell Purp’s, Black Belief, Michael Kolar, Soundscape Studios, Say It Here While It’s Safe, Freshman Year, Ego Killed Romance, Death of a Salesman, Worlds Away, The Valley, Stephan Collins, Frances Collins, Memorial, hip-hop, rap, Video

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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.

Ravyn Lenae, Saba, Sir the Baptist, and other Chicago acts sizzled at Mamby on the Beach

Mamby on the Beach booked lots of great locals, and we've got photos to prove it.

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Chicago R&B sensation Ravyn Lenae promises to be a bright spot at this year’s Mamby on the Beach

Eighteen-year-old Ravyn Lenae is more spellbinding on the new Midnight Moonlight than some of Mamby's headliners have been in years.

Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Updated: Chance the Rapper’s new nonprofit hosts a ‘Parade to the Polls’ on Monday

Chance the Rapper's SocialWorks collaborates with Chicago Votes and Prime Fortune on a free concert at the Virgin Hotel and a march to the Chicago Board of Elections.

Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety

Stereogum's recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.

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Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions

Raised on poetry and West African drumming, this thoughtful young Evanston rapper and producer just released his first album, Nat Love.

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Video Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.

Ravyn Lenae, Saba, Sir the Baptist, and other Chicago acts sizzled at Mamby on the Beach

Mamby on the Beach booked lots of great locals, and we've got photos to prove it.

Video Chicago R&B sensation Ravyn Lenae promises to be a bright spot at this year’s Mamby on the Beach

Eighteen-year-old Ravyn Lenae is more spellbinding on the new Midnight Moonlight than some of Mamby's headliners have been in years.

Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Updated: Chance the Rapper’s new nonprofit hosts a ‘Parade to the Polls’ on Monday

Chance the Rapper's SocialWorks collaborates with Chicago Votes and Prime Fortune on a free concert at the Virgin Hotel and a march to the Chicago Board of Elections.

Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety

Stereogum's recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.

Video Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions

Raised on poetry and West African drumming, this thoughtful young Evanston rapper and producer just released his first album, Nat Love.

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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

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Chicago R&B sensation Ravyn Lenae promises to be a bright spot at this year’s Mamby on the Beach

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Kweku Collins celebrates a great freshman year at Closed Sessions