Full Title: One Last Mistake full post »
Heard on this shift... local old school funk artist Willie Henderson, of "Funky Chicken" fame... which Amber misheard as "F&#$* Chicken" (lol).... click here to hear willie's interview full post »
Lake View High School's Matthew Ewing (from Young Chicago Authors / Louder than a Bomb) gives an introductory course on the ways of Chicago. This was an accapella spoken word piece that I retrofitted to a beat I laid down (sampling Chicago artists The Im... full post »
On this shift we played "Dreams" by an unsigned local artist, Le Ciel. Originally from St. Louis, this girl is an extra-gifted rapper. Click here for more info and her myspace page... full post »
Did you know that 70's funk & soul legends Earth, Wind, & Fire are from Chicago? Chaka Khan, too? This is an interview with Sidney Barnes, another soul artist that was in Chicago before Earth Wind & Fire was Earth Wind & Fire and before C... full post »
Gene "Duke of Earl" Chandler tells Vocalo his feelings about the practice of Sampling in today's music, and talks about dicey subject matters in some rap lyrics....plus, a mash-up/commentary I created featuring a record by Gene Chandler & J... full post »
Full Title: The Mofo's: LIVE and In full effect full post »
A favorite record of mine, a B-Side from 1971, was written in Chicago, featured a Chicago artist and players, was recorded in Chicago, and was released on a Chicago label (Mercury). I had the opportunity to talk to the man who wrote it, Sidney Barnes,... full post »
From left: Res at the Double Door, Trumpeter and Chicagoan Corey Wilkes with BSTC at the Double Door, folks enjoying Chicago's Peven Everett at the Silver Room Block Party in Wicker Park,Peven performing beneath the viaduct, folks groovin to Peven...G... full post »
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