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Home » Isaac Hayes

Tag: Isaac Hayes

Posted inMusic

Sound artist Andy Slater on the spring-into-summer sound of 80s freestyle

by Salem Collo-Julin March 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of sound artist and performer Andy Slater, DJ Hannah Viti, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin

Posted inFilm

Back to the future, or Escape From New York 38 years later

by Noah Berlatsky July 5, 2019August 18, 2021

John Carpenter’s dystopian vision has become our present.

Posted inBlogs

The anyone-but-Rahm crowd throws a rally!

by Ben Joravsky October 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Proco “Joe” Moreno bashes Rahm, Will Burns gets booed, Toni Preckwinkle is a no-show, and other observations from the big anyone-but-Rahm rally.

Hot Buttered Soul
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Pop critic Jonathan Bogart on transgender Angolan pop star Titica

by Tal Rosenberg July 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Current musical obsessions of the Reader’s Tal Rosenberg, “free-floating pop critic” Jonathan Bogart, and writer Britt Julious.

Posted inBlogs

This week’s Reader Jukebox update: Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, and other staff requests

by Tal Rosenberg April 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Head over to the Reader‘s interactive jukebox to hear the latest additions.

Eleven-year-old Mae Yae Carter Ryan, whose voice has been compared to those of Mahalia Jackson and Sarah Vaughan
Posted inMusic

Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan

by Anne Ford March 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Eleven-year-old Mae Ya Carter Ryan has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.

Posted inBlogs

My playlist of political soul

by Mick Dumke February 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Nine of my favorite soul tracks that push for a better world

Posted inBlogs

Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Endorses Local Candidates

by Lauri Apple August 26, 2010August 19, 2021

The anti-immigration organization Americans for Legal Immigration PAC supports Peter Roskam and Isaac Hayes.

Posted inBlogs

Another great one gone . . .

by Monica Kendrick August 10, 2008August 19, 2021

RIP Isaac Hayes.

Posted inBlogs

Blaxploitation Moses

by Miles Raymer February 18, 2008August 19, 2021

Isaac Hayes: Tough Guy

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