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Bob Dylan Back In Chicago

That Headline Works On Two Levels

Bob Dylan’s show at UIC Wednesday night “prove[d] to be one of his most generous Chicago sets in recent decades,” Greg Kot writes for the Tribune.
“The singer is 78 years old, but there was a Chaplin-esque jauntiness to his step, a snap to his voice that hadn’t been apparent on recent tours. Age catches up with most of us, but Dylan looked and sounded rejuvenated, his voice as clear and sharp as I’ve heard it in decades.”
Kot wasn’t the only one who thought so.

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Posted on October 31, 2019

Incomplete History Of Hip-Hop

A Film Series At Columbia College

“You are invited to join us to watch four undeniably important films about the roots and growth of Hip-Hop,” says Columbia College’s Amina Ayo Norman-Hawkins.

Wild Style (1983), Beat Street (1984), Krush Groove (1985), and Fear of a Black Hat (1993). This isn’t a complete list of Hip-Hop films by any means . . . Just four great films that offer a window into the youth of one of the most important art forms in history, along with conversations with special guests who help us put the future of Hip-Hop in perspective.

“Each event will also feature performances and video presentations by Columbia College Chicago students.”
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Posted on October 29, 2019

College Radio, Eh?

By Bryce Prewitt

This was the anniversary show for my first year at WHPK. It was only supposed to be an hour-long show but people kept not showing up – college radio, eh? – so it got stretched to 3 1/2 hours. All 7″ records, probably the best show I’ve ever done and will ever do. You can listen to it here.
1. KRGA – Mysterious Lady [2019]
2. IL TANDRE NEU – Shades [2014]
3. GEROS – Don’t Call Me [2017]
4. THE MONOCHROME SET – Mr. Bizarro [1979]
5. CHROME SPIDERS – Black Butterfly [2009]

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Posted on October 15, 2019

When John Prine Gets To Heaven

By Abby Zimet/Common Dreams

Taking a break to wish the incomparable John Prine – “songwriters’ songwriter,” master of tender tales of grace, grief, wit, war, love, junkies, Pluto, murder, Jesus, sausages, old age, broken hearts, Abu the Elephant Boy, the speed of the sound of loneliness and the sweet imperfection of all things – a Happy Birthday.
At 73, he’s beat cancer twice; for his trouble, he’s gotten a croak of a voice, a new album, a pile of awards and a devoted following who swears nobody writes like him, and it’s true.

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Posted on October 14, 2019

Riot Fest Redux

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

Catching up with highlights.
1. Yours Truly.

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Posted on September 23, 2019

How An American Country Music Pioneer Entered African Mythology

By Aeon

In 1933, country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers died of tuberculosis. Just 35 years old and at the peak of his career, his demise left a legacy of a life and career unfinished.
This installment from the animator Drew Christie’s Drawn & Recorded series, which tells little-known stories from the annals of modern music history, recounts the improbable story of how, in death, Rodgers would go on to inspire not just luminaries of American music, but also the Kipsigis peoples of the Rift Valley in Kenya – whose folk music found its way back to America decades later.

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Posted on September 13, 2019

Is This Land Our Land?

By Will Kaufman/The Conversation

In recent years, Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has become a rallying cry for immigrants.
Just last month, after President Donald Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen of color needed to “go back where they came from,” U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the four targeted, responded with a tweet quoting Guthrie’s lyrics:


But not everyone sees the song as an anthem for inclusion.

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Posted on August 21, 2019

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