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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 25, 2021
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Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana

The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Big Daddy Kinsey, Lester J. Kinsey Jr., The Kinsey Report, blues, Gary, Indiana, Muddy Waters, Pleasant Grove, Mississippi, Christine McNeal, Christine Kinsey, Ralph Kinsey, Donald Kinsey, Kenneth Kinsey, B.B King Jr., Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Peter Tosh, Pinetop Perkins, Bob Marley, Wailers, Lonnie Brooks, Big Daddy Kinsey & His Fabulous Sons, Big Daddy Kinsey & Sons, Big Daddy Kinsey & the Kinsey Report, Rooster Blues, Blind Pig Records, Alligator Records, Verve Records, White Lightnin’, Staple Singers, Bad Situation, Can’t Let Go, Edge of the City, I Am the Blues, Sugar Blue, Carey Bell, Buddy Guy, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Kenites Coach Lines, John Primer, Johnnie Johnson, Memphis Horns, Koko Taylor, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 23, 2019
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.
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Row, soul, R&B, blues, gospel, jazz, Move On Up, Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power, Michigan Avenue, Roosevelt, Cermak, Chess Records, Cadet Concept, Brunswick Records, Vee-Jay Records, Constellation Records, Mama Batt’s Restaurant, Jerry Butler’s Songwriters Workshop, Jerry Butler, Garmisa Distributing Company, One-derful Records, Otis Clay, Alvin Cash, Jackson 5, King Records, Curtom Records, Motor Row, WVON, Universal Recording, Ebony, Willie Dixon, Blues Heaven Foundation, Jackie Ross, Mitty Collier, Fontella Bass, Raynard Miner, Rescue Me, Louis Satterfield, Terry Callier, the Dells, Rotary Connection, Peace, Occasional Rain, Freedom Means, Charles Stepney, M.S. Distributing, Ron Alexenburg, Columbia Records, the Jacksons, Michael Jackson, Vivian Carter, James Bracken, Beatles, Carl Davis, Dakar, Jimmy Reed, Staple Singers, Swan Silvertones, Wayne Shorter, Impressions, Betty Everett, Gene Chandler, Shirley Wahls, Chi-Lites, Barbara Acklin, Jackie Wilson, Tyrone Davis, Willie Henderson, Thomas “Tom Tom” Washington, Sonny Sanders, Argo Singers, Ewart Abner, Curtis Mayfield, Just Be True, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Mar-V-Lus, George Leaner, Ernie Leaner, Halo, Five Du-Tones, Shake a Tail Feather, Ray Charles, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Larry Wade, The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind), Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Independents, Leaving Me, Natalie Cole, Richard Steele, Marshall Chess, Leonard Chess

Music, Pitchfork Jul 20, 2019
Mavis Staples sanctified Friday night at Pitchfork

Even when she wasn’t singing gospel, her powerful spiritual voice could bring together generations.
- By Matt Ford
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Pitchfork, Mavis Staples, review, gospel, soul, We Get By, Anti- Records, Pops Staples, Staple Singers, If All I Was Was Black, Livin’ on a High Note, Jill Hopkins, Vocalo, You Are Not Alone, civil rights movement

Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2015
You can do better than an iTunes gift card

Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, 2015 holiday gift guide, box sets, Harry Bertoia, Sonambient: Complete Collection, Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, The Isley Brothers, Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live, Small Faces, The Decca Years, Staple Singers, Faith & Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976, Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings From the Upper Midwest, Dust-to-Digital, Alan Lomax, Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records, Dave Freeman, Ork Records, Numero Group, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, Alex Chilton, Chris Stamey, the Feelies, The Velvet Underground, The Complete Matrix Tapes, Lou Reed

Arts & Culture, Book Review Jan 27, 2014
A new Staple Singers biography doesn't quite take you there

Tribune critic Greg Kot follows the march toward freedom for a family of protest-music royalty—but gets lost along the way.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Book Review, African-American history, Staple Singers, the Great Migration, I'll Take You There, Greg Kot, Roebuck Staples, Drew, Mississippi, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Bronzeville, Union Stock Yards, Duke Ellington, Mavis Staples, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan

Film, Artist on Artist Sep 2, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples

"I had a picture of Pops Staples taped on my guitar to always remind me to practice."
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Neko Case, Mavis Staples, Staple Singers, Kelly Hogan, Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest, Anti- Records, Pops Staples, Jazzmaster, Have a Little Faith, Hideout, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, Architecture and Design Film Festival, Ben Sachs, How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?, Contemporary Days: The Designs of Lucienne and Robin Day, The Beaver movie, Mel Gibson, I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You, Jumping the Broom, Paula Patton, Loretta Devine, Angela Bassett, The Princess of Montpensier, Bertrand Tavernier, Queen to Play, Sandrine Bonnaire, Something Borrowed, Ginnifer Goodwin, Summer of Goliath, There Be Dragons, Opus Dei, Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds movie, University of Chicago Doc Films, David Lynch, Blue Velvet, Gene Siskel Film Center, Jim Trainor, Jafar Panahi, Crimson Gold, Terrence Malick, Days of Heaven, Music Box, Ella Cinders, Jay Warren, Portage Theater, Frank Perry, Mommie Dearest, Dick O'Day, Psycho movie, Manuel Munoz, Wilmette Theatre, Wattstax, Staple Singers, Albert King, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Bar-Kays, Richard Pryor, film festivals, movies, Video

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Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana

The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.

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.

Mavis Staples sanctified Friday night at Pitchfork

Even when she wasn’t singing gospel, her powerful spiritual voice could bring together generations.

You can do better than an iTunes gift card

Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.

A new Staple Singers biography doesn't quite take you there

Tribune critic Greg Kot follows the march toward freedom for a family of protest-music royalty—but gets lost along the way.

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Artist on Artist: Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples

"I had a picture of Pops Staples taped on my guitar to always remind me to practice."

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Video Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana

The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.

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.

Mavis Staples sanctified Friday night at Pitchfork

Even when she wasn’t singing gospel, her powerful spiritual voice could bring together generations.

You can do better than an iTunes gift card

Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.

A new Staple Singers biography doesn't quite take you there

Tribune critic Greg Kot follows the march toward freedom for a family of protest-music royalty—but gets lost along the way.

Video Artist on Artist: Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples

"I had a picture of Pops Staples taped on my guitar to always remind me to practice."

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