‘Great Chicago Fire’ ablaze in Waco Brothers
Chicago’s own Waco Brothers bring new life to the smoldering embers of the city’s past with their new album, Great Chicago Fire.
Chicago’s own Waco Brothers bring new life to the smoldering embers of the city’s past with their new album, Great Chicago Fire.
The bio-musical Million Dollar Quartet (MDQ) has become a seemingly unstoppable success on stage. And that makes sense – given that it’s based on an actual chance gathering and collaboration by unstoppable and incomparable musicians.
EveryBlock founder Adrian Holovaty talks about the future of journalism and the role technology will play.
When Lindsay Fuller up and left her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama for the Pacific Northwest, about the last thing she was thinking was to hit the bars and clubs and perform songs for people.
Soon, you’ll be able to take online courses through top-tier universities without stepping away from your home office, or nearby coffee shop. What’s more is that it will be free. But is this the way of the future?
Members of the Middle East Music Ensemble and the Vice Consul of Turkey (yes, the Vice Consul of Turkey) form The Chicago Turkish Music Society bring to life the traditional sounds of Turkish music in new, original compositions.
It’s been a few years since Volcanoes Make Islands’ last release – a stout, 4-song EP titled Sick City. The songs are brimming with equal parts distortion and sweet melodies, and something else – the pursuit of love.
Corky Siegel. The name is as “Chicago” as Maxwell Street or Wrigley Field. He’s been playing music professionally since 1964 when he teamed up with his fellow Roosevelt University student, Jim Schwall. For nearly a decade, the Siegel-Schwall Band churned out their special brand of acoustic blues.