Kelan Phil Cohran Archives

Bless the Mad share their private pantheon of Black Chicago music

by Leor Galil November 12, 2020August 18, 2021

Production duo Bless the Mad discuss the classic hip-hop, soul, gospel, and jazz records that inspired the reverent sonic collage on their debut album.

Music

Quin Kirchner merges eclectic sounds into transcendent jazz on The Shadows and the Light

by Jordannah Elizabeth June 12, 2020August 18, 2021

The Shadows and the Light, the new album from Chicago drummer Quin Kirchner, is an eclectic collection of freewheeling studio performances with a diverse range of sounds. On its second track, “Batá Chop,” the album features influences of West African batá drum and traces of Afro-Cuban drumming (which Kirchner learned as a teenager while studying […]

Music

Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

by Steve Krakow July 18, 2017January 5, 2022

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.

Blogs

Revisit the soulful hypnosis of the late Kelan Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble

by Peter Margasak July 11, 2017August 18, 2021

Phil Cohran recorded the Artistic Heritage Ensemble’s dazzling, multifaceted debut with some of the most important musicians in Chicago history.

Blogs

#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

by Emily Wasielewski July 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9

Music

Chicago artists celebrate the life and work of late AACM cofounder Kelan Phil Cohran

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil July 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago artists celebrate late AACM cofounder Kelan Phil Cohran, and the new No Bros Allowed zine and monthly showcase opposes masculine-identified boneheadedness.