For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

Veteran Chicago blues musician Barry Goldberg, who collaborated with Bob Dylan, Stephen Stills, and many others, has died at age 83.

While many dancers say they spent hours choreographing their routines for the show, Davis says most of the time she just did ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

While there are great songs all over movies from the '80s, there are few that had the cultural impact as Public Enemy's ...

The Chicago Cubs unveiled a new set of uniforms on Thursday night that brings fans back to the 1980s. The powder blue ... to the city's connection to blue's music. The Cubs haven't worn powder ...

Gene “Daddy G” Barge, an admired and durable saxophone player, songwriter and producer who worked on hits by Natalie Cole, oversaw recordings by Muddy Waters, performed with the Rolling Stones and hel ...

Recently, we detailed the amazing history of house and acid house music here, and it's quite a story. Just a few producers ...

Chicago would eventually find their niche in the 1980s with songs like ‘You’re The Inspiration,’ but part of the beauty behind that video was seeing all of them in a room playing together. Their ...

“My first meeting was in 2006,” said Lauren Foley, a Park Ridge resident who is the chief operating officer of the Chicago-based ... who in the music, in the readings, represented what he ...

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It can be seen Wednesday night at an exclusive Chicago showing ... just love her in a way that's more than just, 'Oh, I like her songs' or 'oh, I like her as an actress,'" Klein said.