When rapper-singer Smino self-released She Already Decided on April 20, he added “Mixtape” in scare quotes to the title on Soundcloud. In doing so, the Saint Louis native provided a sly history lesson for young listeners who’ve only ever referred to full-lengths as “projects.” A decade ago, hip-hop mixtapes provided a way for rappers to […]
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Gossiping with Caleb Hearon
The comedian on his style, inspiration, and the Chicago comedy scene.
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Samantha Fish keeps blues-rock alive
Over the past decade, Missouri singer-songwriter and guitarist Samantha Fish has become one of the country’s leading young electric blues performers. Her 2017 album, Belle of the West (Ruf), produced by Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, leavens her blues sound with country and roots rock—an exciting departure from her usual mix of urban […]
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How Dems in red states can fight off Trump’s vicious attacks
Let’s hope voters in states from North Dakota to West Virginia appreciate senatorial independence from Trump.
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Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album
Deadbeat front woman Jessica Risker releases the sweet, hazy I See You Among the Stars, her most confident and consistent album yet.
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Bluesman Cash McCall hasn’t written a hit in more than 50 years, but that isn’t stopping him
Cash McCall has moved from gospel to soul to blues, and his best-known song is still the 1966 single “When You Wake Up.”
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Chicago’s ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news
Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.
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Chance the Rapper interested in returning to college, and other Chicago news
Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.
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Does the midwest still need Illinois to be its abortion oasis?
Hundreds of women flock to Illinois annually to get abortions not available in their home states. The recent Supreme Court decision could change that.
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Midwestern originals: A select list of regional food and drink
A listicle of what some might consider “midwestern food”
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A ‘Jesus fish’ on a war memorial causes controversy in Missouri
Who benefits and who suffers in a constitutional dispute over a monument honoring two Columbia, Missouri, natives who perished in the Persian Gulf War?
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Mayor Rahm searches for his inner Al Sharpton
Not long after handing over up to $17 million in school funds to a bunch of bankers, Mayor Rahm throws a bone to Chicago’s lowest-paid workers—just in time for February’s election.
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The Defense Department helps counties round out their arsenals
A closer look at how Washington arms America
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On racial upheaval in Saint Louis—or at least Ferguson
Protest meets repressive force in Ferguson, Missouri