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Posted inMusic

Veteran singer-songwriter Susan Werner on the future queen of bluegrass

by Karen Hawkins June 28, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of veteran singer-songwriter Susan Werner, musician and artist Scott Montgomery, and Reader coeditor in chief Karen Hawkins

Posted inMusic

Jamila Woods asserts her place among the greats with Legacy! Legacy!

by Leor Galil May 17, 2019August 18, 2021

In November, Chicago poet, teacher, and singer-songwriter Jamila Woods performed her 2016 debut album, Heavn, at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Grand Boulevard. She brought in dozens of collaborators, including a youth choir, a small troupe of dancers, and a backing band. Several prominent young local poets of color, including Tasha, E’mon Lauren, and […]

Posted inMusic

Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

by Tiffany Walden May 1, 2019August 18, 2021

On the new Legacy! Legacy!, Chicago singer and poet Jamila Woods lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.

Posted inBlogs

Jamila Woods includes Chicago schoolkids, joyful blackness, and a backyard barbecue in her video for ‘LSD’

by Ashley Ray-Harris August 15, 2017August 18, 2021

For her new video, soul singer Jamila Woods collaborated with Chance the Rapper, VAM studios, and a group of CPS students—one of whom created the treatment for the clip.

Posted inBlogs

Jamila Woods’s video for ‘Holy’ embodies black self-care

by Lee V. Gaines May 10, 2017August 18, 2021

With her video for “Holy,” soul singer Jamila Woods demonstrates how to show love for your community as well as for yourself.

Posted inMusic

Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

by Kevin Warwick December 22, 2016August 18, 2021

These modest Chicago imprints have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Posted inBlogs

Soul singer Jamila Woods makes music about black womanhood that speaks to everyone

by Leor Galil July 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Jamila Woods’s stunning solo debut, Heavn, offers a healing elixir of “black girl magic” to help us imagine a path through troubled times.

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