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- Music, Music Review Sep 24, 2020
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Chicago rapper KC Ortiz brings buckle-your-seat-belts fun to The Campground
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 14, 2020
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Man or Astro-Man? go surfing in outer space
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 14, 2020
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George ‘Wild Child’ Butler breathed new life into raw, old-fashioned blues
This stubbornly idiosyncratic harmonica player had lousy luck with recordings, but he thrived for four decades onstage.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 10, 2020
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Southern-tinged emo artists All Get Out bring out their hook-driven anthems
- Music, Music Feature Dec 17, 2019
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‘Do what the good Lord gave you and keep going’
The new compilation No Other Love shines a light on a self-reliant strain of midwest gospel that’s survived outside the mainstream for more than 50 years.
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 17, 2019
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JPEGMafia offers an escape from single-genre monotony on the eclectic All My Heroes Are Cornballs
- Music, Music Feature Mar 21, 2019
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Bacon fat, corn liquor, and tail feathers: remembering R&B legend Andre Williams
The man known as Mr. Rhythm influenced generations of rockers and rappers—and his decades-long comeback ended only with his death at 82.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2018
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Talking about God, the air force, and Britney Spears with Chicago rapper KC Ortiz
This weekend Alabama transplant KC Ortiz performs at a showcase hosted by local label Futurehood, which supports gay and trans musicians of color.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 26, 2018
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Blues drummer Sam Lay has made five careers’ worth of music
Sharp-dressed drummer Sam Lay has played with Dylan and Howlin' Wolf, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 25, 2018
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How to take a fly on that workplace romance
Dan advises an out lesbian interested in a coworker, a sixtysomething would-be lesbian, and more.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 16, 2018
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In 1924 Maxwell Street regular Daddy Stovepipe became one of the first bluesmen ever recorded
Bluesman Daddy Stovepipe was born during Reconstruction and lived long enough to be "rediscovered" in 1960, during the folk-music revival.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2017
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How Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls found a second home in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Four Lost Souls—Jon Langford, Tawny Newsome, John Szymanski, and Bethany Thomas—celebrate their new album on Wednesday at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2017
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On ‘Lay Down,’ rising rapper OMB Peezy balances his native Alabama with his adopted home in California
Recent 300 signee OMB Peezy, who plays Reggie's on Thursday, is being hailed as a new avatar of regional rap—and his breakout single shows how distinctive he can be.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 31, 2015
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How a Chicago priest became an unwitting civil rights figure
Former Catholic priest Richard Morrisroe reflects on his friend and fellow activist Jonathan Daniels, who was gunned down by a segregationist in Alabama 50 years ago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2015
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South Carolina is more educated about its history than you might think
Did public educatiion in South Carolina lead to the vote to furl the battle flag?
- Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2015
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The Prancing Elites start a prance-dance revolution
If you can't fall in love with these guys, you need to find Jesus.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 27, 2014
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How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world
For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer responsible for a treasure trove of images from 1940s India.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2013
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Why didn't these artists know Amoeba's Vinyl Vaults digital store was selling their music?
Amoeba's Vinyl Vaults store says it tries to reach every rights holder whose music it sells, but the Reader reached nine artists in its catalog, none of whom had been contacted.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2012
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Something's in the air, like pollen and college football
A look at this week's matchups in the Big Ten and beyond
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2012
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Déjà Vu 21, LSU 0
LSU lost to Alabama the same way it lost 52 years ago to Mississippi
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2011
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G-Side rapper Yung Clova gives me a haircut
G-Side rapper Yung Clova works at and owns a barbershop. I interviewed both members while Clova graciously gave me a haircut.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2010
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Overruled
Alabama gave no credence to the dying and godless
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2009
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Quit your job and become an artist
Laura Zinger's documentary "Proceed and be Bold!" about activist print maker Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. headlines Tuesday's Indie Flicks showcase at Sonotheque.
