Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

Articles

Clear Filters

Music, Music Feature Nov 12, 2020
Bless the Mad share their private pantheon of Black Chicago music

The production duo discuss the classic hip-hop, soul, gospel, and jazz records that inspired the reverent sonic collage on their debut album.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Bless the Mad, Ibrahem Hasan, Matthew Rivera, Philip Cohran, Kelan Phil Cohran, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Maxwell Street, gospel, soul, spiritual jazz, R&B, funk, hip-hop, Gaia Earthpeace, Stay the Course Records, Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir, Like a Ship . . . (Without a Sail), Curtis Mayfield, Curtis, Common Sense, Resurrection, the Awakening, Mirage, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Ken Chaney, Black Jazz Records, Zulu Records, Pharaohs, George Benson, Andrew Brearley, Meaty Ogre, Dusty Groove

Music, Music Review Jun 12, 2020
Recommended
Quin Kirchner merges eclectic sounds into transcendent jazz on The Shadows and the Light
- By Jordannah Elizabeth
- Tags: Music Review, Quin Kirchner, The Shadows and the Light, Astral Spirits, jazz, batá, Africa, Matt Ulery, Nate Lepine, Rob Clearfield, Greg Ward, Jason Stein, Nick Broste, Brian Sulpizio, Kelan Phil Cohran, Recommended

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 18, 2017
Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Phil Cohran, Kelan Phil Cohran, Sun Ra, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, jazz, soul, funk, creative music, improvisation, Black Arts Movement, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Affro-Arts Theater, AACM, Association for the Advancement for Creative Musicians, Jay McShann, John Gilmore, On the Beach, Chuck Terry, Oxford, Mississippi, Saint Louis, obituary, Walter Perkins, Sun Ra Myth Science Arkestra, Fate in a Pleasant Mood, Angels and Demons at Play, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pete Cosey, Miles Davis, Louis Satterfield, Earth Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Frankiphone, ukelin, cornet, trumpet, harp, Malcolm X College, Ethiopian Diamond

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2017
Video
Revisit the soulful hypnosis of the late Kelan Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble

Phil Cohran recorded the Artistic Heritage Ensemble's dazzling, multifaceted debut with some of the most important musicians in Chicago history.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Kelan Phil Cohran, Phil Cohran, Hugh Ragin, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Sun Ra Arkestra, AACM, Pete Cosey, Chaka Khan, Maurice White, Kahil El'Zabar, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, On the Beach, New Frankiphone Blues, Minstrel, 12 O'Clock Track, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2017
#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Zhang Peili: Record. Repeat., Art Institute of Chicago, Kelan Phil Cohran, On the Beach, David Boykin, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Drum Divas, 63rd Street Beach House, Chicago Margartia Festival, Navy Pier, Gorillaz, Humanz, Huntington Bank Pavilion, Justin Roberts and Deborah Hocking, 57th Street Books, Square Roots Festival, Samaira Rice: A Mother Speaks, Stony Island Arts Bank, #Imomsohard, the Vic, Chicago y Cuba 2017: The International Dance Experience, Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 5, 2017
Chicago artists celebrate the life and work of late AACM cofounder Kelan Phil Cohran

Plus: The new No Bros Allowed zine and monthly showcase opposes masculine-identified boneheadedness.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, AACM, Kelan Phil Cohran, Shannon Candy, On the Beach, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, David Boykin, AACM Great Black Music Ensemble, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Disappearing Media, No Bros Allowed, Swimsuit Addition, Sun Ra, Not For You, She Speaks in Tongues

Music, Gossip Wolf May 9, 2017
Video
Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 keeps up the Chicago love

Plus: Outrun the Sunlight celebrate a new album of instrumental prog metal, jazz legend Kelan Phil Cohran turns 90, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Culture Power45, Fruition, 606 Records, Radius, Thaione Davis, Rashid Hadee, Infinito 2017, compilation, Outrun the Sunlight, Lincoln Hall, Red Bird, Sioum, Rezn, Barren Heir, Peekaboos, The Quantifiable Song, Emporium, Kelan Phil Cohran, AACM, Sun Ra, Malik Cohran, Promontory, Video

Music, In Rotation Dec 1, 2015
Mike Weis of Zelienople on the perfect musical pain relievers

Plus: Steven Hess of Locrian on mind-bending death metal, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on Jandek and John Mayer, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: In Rotation, Dead & Company bootlegs, Grateful Dead, Rev//Rev, Jandek, Steven Hess, Locrian, RLYR, Cleared, Haptic, Killing Joke, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Cash and Carry album, Chaos Echoes, Mike Weis, Zelienople, Kwaidan band, Good Stuff House, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, carillon, The Monks of Songgwangsa Temple, Echoes of the Great Pines, Kelan Phil Cohran, African Skies album

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 9/19: Expo Chicago, Englewood Jazz Festival, and Miguel Zenon

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 19
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Expo Chicago, International Exposition of Contemporary Modern Art, Navy Pier, Festival Hall, Tony Karman, Englewood Jazz Festival, Ernest Dawkins, Kelan Phil Cohran, Timuel Black, Khari B., Miguel Zenon, Rhythm Collective, Jazz Showcase, Hamilton Park Cultural Center

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 5/18

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Kelan Phil Cohran, Sun Ra, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Silver Spoon, pet-pet, Fuck the Facts, Reggie's Rock Club, Breathless, Gene Siskel Film Center, Benny's Chop House, L'Argent, Medici on 57th, the Med, Univ. of Chicago Doc Films, From a Fading Light, Saint Paul's Cultural Center, Lokal

Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2010
5/18 — Free Kelan Phil Cohran Performance at the MCA

Kelan Phil Cohran performs a free set on Tue 5/18 at 7 PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Kelan Phil Cohran, jazz, Museum of Contemporary Art, Puck's Cafe, free performance, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Sun Ra Arkestra, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Browse by Issue

Browse

Browse News & Politics

Browse Music

Browse Film

Browse Arts & Culture

Browse Food & Drink

Browse City Life

Browse Columns

Browse Ads

Browse Events

Articles

Bless the Mad share their private pantheon of Black Chicago music

The production duo discuss the classic hip-hop, soul, gospel, and jazz records that inspired the reverent sonic collage on their debut album.

Recommended
Quin Kirchner merges eclectic sounds into transcendent jazz on The Shadows and the Light

Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.

Video
Revisit the soulful hypnosis of the late Kelan Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble

Phil Cohran recorded the Artistic Heritage Ensemble's dazzling, multifaceted debut with some of the most important musicians in Chicago history.

#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9

Chicago artists celebrate the life and work of late AACM cofounder Kelan Phil Cohran

Plus: The new No Bros Allowed zine and monthly showcase opposes masculine-identified boneheadedness.

Video
Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 keeps up the Chicago love

Plus: Outrun the Sunlight celebrate a new album of instrumental prog metal, jazz legend Kelan Phil Cohran turns 90, and more.

Mike Weis of Zelienople on the perfect musical pain relievers

Plus: Steven Hess of Locrian on mind-bending death metal, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on Jandek and John Mayer, and more

Reader's Agenda Thu 9/19: Expo Chicago, Englewood Jazz Festival, and Miguel Zenon

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 19

Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 5/18

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

5/18 — Free Kelan Phil Cohran Performance at the MCA

Kelan Phil Cohran performs a free set on Tue 5/18 at 7 PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Other Searches

Browse

Browse News & Politics

Browse Music

Browse Film

Browse Arts & Culture

Browse Food & Drink

Browse City Life

Browse Columns

Browse Ads

Browse Events

Articles

Issue.Year

Features

Sort by:

The production duo discuss the classic hip-hop, soul, gospel, and jazz records that inspired the reverent sonic collage on their debut album.

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.

Phil Cohran recorded the Artistic Heritage Ensemble's dazzling, multifaceted debut with some of the most important musicians in Chicago history.

Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9

Plus: The new No Bros Allowed zine and monthly showcase opposes masculine-identified boneheadedness.

Plus: Outrun the Sunlight celebrate a new album of instrumental prog metal, jazz legend Kelan Phil Cohran turns 90, and more.

Plus: Steven Hess of Locrian on mind-bending death metal, the Reader's Luca Cimarusti on Jandek and John Mayer, and more

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 19

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Kelan Phil Cohran performs a free set on Tue 5/18 at 7 PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Other Searches