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Photos of LaRob Rafael on left (backlit) and Steve Wallace on right (wearing a gray cap and vest, white shirt, and red tie)
Posted inOn Culture

‘Undying Love’: the Opera

by Deanna Isaacs November 10, 2021November 12, 2021

Composer and tenor Steve Wallace says the first time he heard the Nas song “Undying Love,” the final track on the rapper’s 1999 album I Am . . ., “I immediately saw it as a verismo one-act with chamber orchestra, but I stored it away for a later time.” It wasn’t until 2014, when Wallace […]

Posted inMusic

DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

by Leor Galil May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of DJ King Hippo (aka Alejandro Ayala), Resavoir bandleader Will Miller, and Reader writer Leor Galil

Posted inBlogs

The Obama Foundation throws a summit

by Deanna Isaacs November 3, 2017August 18, 2021

What the Obama Foundation’s summit revealed about its mission.

Posted inMusic

The uprising against Riot Fest continues

by John Greenfield August 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Activists refuse to be quiet about Riot Fest, but boosters say their claims are off base.

Posted inBlogs

Morrissey, Deftones, Ween, and Death Cab for Cutie join the Original Misfits at this year’s Riot Fest

by Leor Galil May 18, 2016August 18, 2021

The first Riot Fest lineup announcement ups the ante with more big names after last week’s big Misfits reveal.

Posted inMusic

Alexander Fruchter of Closed Sessions on a musical Band-Aid in a fucked-up world

by Kevin Warwick February 5, 2016August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of hip-hop songwriter Kweku Collins, Alex Fruchter of Closed Sessions, and the Reader’s Kevin Warwick

Posted inBlogs

Local hip-hop superhero A-Villa, bank manager by day and skilled beat maker by night

by Leor Galil October 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The 33-year-old producer is about to drop his debut full-length, Carry on Tradition, and he talks to the Reader about collaborating with dozens of MCs, life plans, and raising his daughter.

Posted inBlogs

North Coast 2013: Partying like summer will never come again

by Leor Galil September 3, 2013August 19, 2021

The North Coast Music Festival may look like it’s basically about drugs, but it’s really about enthusiasm.

Purity Ring
Posted inMusic

Beats, jams, and rhymes at the 2013 North Coast Music Festival

by Miles Raymer August 27, 2013August 19, 2021

North Coast Music Festival has found its niche—one where Danny Brown, AlunaGeorge, and the Disco Biscuits fit side by side.

Posted inArts & Culture

From Averill to Zeus: A local lit roundup

by Sam Worley, Aimee Levitt, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg and Jena Cutie April 3, 2013August 19, 2021

From Averill to Zeus: A local lit roundup

Posted inBlogs

How Ghostface Killah helped break my puzzling relationship with reissues

by Leor Galil February 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Get On Down’s reissue of Ghostface Killah’s Ironman comes with a puzzle that should get plenty of play.

Posted inBlogs

The scenario at Saturday’s Holiday Rap Karaoke Party

by Leor Galil November 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Hip-hop heads will be “Causin’ rambunction, throughout the sphere” at Saturday’s rap karaoke party

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Atriarch, David Daniell & Douglas McCombs, Bleeding Rainbow

by Philip Montoro November 12, 2012August 19, 2021

If you’re not at home hiding from the cold snap, over the next few days you might try Atriarch, David Daniell & Douglas McCombs, or Bleeding Rainbow

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best late-season festival surprise

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

North Coast Music Festival

Benga
Posted inMusic

The Reader’s Guide to the North Coast Music Festival

by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak and Jessica Hopper September 2, 2010August 19, 2021

Featuring Paul Kalkbrenner, Chemical Brothers, Flying Lotus, Moby, Benga, and more, plus afterparties

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