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Home » Grammy Awards

Tag: Grammy Awards

Posted inBlogs

Chance the Rapper interested in returning to college, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois senate Republican leader Christine Radogno to resign as budget deadline looms, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago’s minimum wage goes up to $11 per hour July 1, though the press for $15 per hour continues.

Posted inBlogs

Chance the Rapper’s Grammy nominations are a win for his community

by Leor Galil December 8, 2016August 18, 2021

You don’t have to care about the Grammys to care about Chance’s nominations—you only need to care about the young people of color he mentors and inspires.

Posted inBlogs

Eighth Blackbird release a lovely animated video for their reimagining of ‘Pretty Polly’

by Peter Margasak January 14, 2016August 18, 2021

Eighth Blackbird commissioned a labor-intensive video to accompany a rewritten folk song from Bryce Dessner’s Murder Ballads.

Posted inBlogs

Jazz critic Neil Tesser wins a lifetime achievement award

by Michael Miner June 22, 2015August 18, 2021

The longtime Reader critic is honored by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Chaka Khan; Jake Austen
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins

by Jake Austen August 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins and Chic-a-Go-Go.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s Neil Tesser wins Grammy

by Michael Miner February 4, 2014August 18, 2021

The local jazz critic reflects on his award and on the art and future of liner notes.

Legendary bluesman Pinetop Perkins died March 21 at age 97. One month earlier, he won a Grammy.
Posted inMusic

Pinetop Perkins’s last session

by Dave Katzman June 9, 2011August 19, 2021

When I arrived at Delmark’s Riverside Studios last November with my partner at

Posted inBlogs

Historical Sound and Vision

by Peter Margasak December 15, 2009August 19, 2021

A beautiful Dust-to-Digital book/CD set about early American immersion baptism earns a Grammy nomination.

Posted inBlogs

Adventures in minstrelsy with Polk Miller

by Peter Margasak February 2, 2009August 19, 2021

A reissued artifact from one of the more ignominious chapters of America’s musical past is up for a Grammy this weekend.

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