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Musician and therapist Jessica Risker gazes downward in front of a washed-out pink background with prismatic out-of-focus bubbles floating in front of her

Jessica Risker, licensed counselor, singer-songwriter, and host of Music Therapy

by Jamie Ludwig August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

Jessica Risker is an experimental singer-songwriter and a licensed clinical counselor. After the COVID-19 pandemic sent Chicago into lockdown in March 2020, Risker merged those pursuits for a podcast called Music Therapy, where she speaks to artists, industry professionals, and fellow therapists about their work, creativity, and mental health. She initially imagined the podcast as […]

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Jessica Risker’s in-person version of Music Therapy welcomes Izzy True

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Folk-pop artist and licensed therapist Jessica Risker launched the long-form interview podcast Music Therapy in spring 2020, and Gossip Wolf has been an avid follower since day one. Earlier this summer, Risker and former Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis began producing an in-person version at Cafe Mustache called Music Therapy: Group Session, which augments the […]

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Cosmic Country star Andrew Sa drops a high lonesome covers collection

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil June 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Cosmic Country star Andrew Sa drops a high lonesome covers collection, Dave Rempis releases a double album of live performances that COVID couldn’t stop, and more.

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Art-pop wizard Sen Morimoto takes over booking at the Hideout

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil December 18, 2020August 18, 2021

Art-pop wizard Sen Morimoto takes over booking at the Hideout, and self-described “bootgaze” crew the Keener Family return with a second EP.

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Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down

by J.R. Nelson November 24, 2020August 18, 2021

Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down, and CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund.

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Rap that asks the right questions

by Leor Galil June 26, 2019August 18, 2021

The fledgling Why? Records crew—Davis, Malci, Joshua Virtue, and Ruby Watson—are already making some of the city’s most compelling and idiosyncratic hip-hop.