An expert negotiator, he went to bat for stars as big as James Brown and Muddy Waters, but he also clawed back royalties for countless forgotten artists who’d never gotten their due.
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Tink remembers the trial by fire that launched her career
The crowds at Adrianna’s wouldn’t rock for just anybody, but as a Calumet City teenager Tink won them over with a mix of drill rap and R&B.
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Pioneering Chicago rapper Sugar Ray Dinke speaks on the legacy of ‘Cabrini Green Rap’
Sugar Ray Dinke performs “Cabrini Green Rap” Tuesday at the Promontory at the book-release party for Ben Austen’s High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing.
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Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 keeps up the Chicago love
Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 keeps up the Chicago love, Outrun the Sunlight celebrate a new album of instrumental prog metal, and more.
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The Vic screens the Wax Trax! Records documentary before it’s even finished
The Vic screens the Wax Trax! Records documentary before it’s even finished, Chicago expat Alex Wiley returns to headline a hip-hop party at the Promontory, and more.
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Young M.A, a new series at Kusanya Cafe, Slo ’Mo’s fifth anniversary, and more music stories from around the Web
Over the past week the Reader has collected these music stories that are still worth your time today.
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Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups
Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups, the Chosen Few DJs honor a bygone house-music club, and more.
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John Manion brings the heat with El Che Bar
The chef’s follow-up to La Sirena Clandestina puts the flame to Argentine food.
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Printers Row Lit Fest, Mel Brooks, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Ribfest Chicago, Felonious Munk, and more happenings from June 10-12
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Jackie Chan’s dance troupe celebrates Chinese New Year, Sluttalk with female comedians, and more things to do this week
“Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen,” Seinfeld Trivia, and other happenings from February 8-11.
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Local rapper Adad finds his way with Drifted
The south-side MC faces society’s ills and his own challenges to create soul-influenced hip-hop songs streaked with hope.
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Catch a screening of Numero Group’s great DVD mixtape Chicago Party tomorrow
The reissue group’s compilation of the overlooked Chicago UHF show will be screened tomorrow night at the Promontory.
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Cable-access dance party Chic-a-Go-Go celebrates its 1,000th episode
Cable-access dance party Chic-a-Go-Go celebrates its 1,000th episode, Al Jourgensen of Ministry appears on the next Ono album, and more.
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Listen to ‘Thembi,’ get psyched for Pharoah Sanders on Saturday
The saxophonit joins the Chicago Underground Duo at the Promontory for his first appearance in Chicago in more than a decade.
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Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian
A fund-raiser for the legacy of HWPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian, a feature-length film from Primo Mendoza, and more