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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 19, 2019
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Pieces of Peace cut most of their brilliant soul-funk for other people’s records
The only album this Chicago band made at sessions of their own didn’t come out till 35 years after they broke up.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 23, 2019
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Summoning the ghosts of Record Row
For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 16, 2019
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Barbara Acklin missed soul stardom by a hair
She's best known for the 1968 hit "Love Makes a Woman," but she also had a productive songwriting duo with Eugene Record of the Chi-Lites.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 25, 2016
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Black Ensemble's Doo Wop Shoo Bop, Quest Theatre's All the World's a Stage, and eight more stage shows to see now
Revivals are back—even Sister Act.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 3, 2014
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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.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jun 27, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: LaVern Baker
This powerful R&B singer helped shape rock 'n' roll with her raucous 1956 smash "Jim Dandy."
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 23, 2011
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Fresh space, old story
Black Ensemble debuts its new digs with a revival of The Jackie Wilson Story
- Music, Music Feature Nov 10, 2011
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Who is Dancin' Man?
Perry Kanlan has shared stages with James Brown and the Jackson Five, and he's a familiar face to generations of south-side clubgoers. How did he get there?
