By the time singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Earl Livingston released his first full-length album as Son Little in 2015, he’d already worked with genre-bending artists such as the Roots and RJD2 and produced the 2015 Mavis Staples EP Your Good Fortune (he also wrote its first two tracks). In keeping with the musical openness of […]
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Holy Hive glide into summer with Float Back to You
Holy Hive call their sound “folk-soul,” and you couldn’t ask for a better demonstration of what that term means than the Brooklyn trio’s debut album, Float Back to You. Auspiciously released over Memorial Day weekend—the traditional kickoff to the summer season—this ethereal record blends the folky falsetto vocals of Paul Spring with deep shades of […]
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Photos of Chance the Rapper, Donnie Trumpet, and the Roots at Taste of Chicago
Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper dropped by the first day of the Taste of Chicago, joining Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment before the headlining set by the Roots.
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The best things to do in Chicago for July 2016
July’s top concerts, film premieres, comedy shows, parades, and more
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Philly indie-rock group Pattern Is Movement say good-bye to Chicago
The duo’s monthlong farewell tour makes a stop at Lincoln Hall tomorrow night.
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The community behind La Collection, a new mixtape produced by C-Sick
Tracing the lines between Questlove’s theory on Einstein and society and the new mixtape from Columbia College’s student-run label, AEMMP Records.
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Artist on Artist: Boots Riley of the Coup talks to ShowYouSuck
Boots Riley of the Coup lays some truth on straightedge Chicago party rapper ShowYouSuck.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 10/18: ?uestlove, Queer Chicago, and Reservoir Dogs
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, October 18
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How to do Christmas music right
If you must listen to Christmas music, it should be the Roots, Jimmy Fallon, and Mariah Carey
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The Roots continue to be the best
I mean, why wouldn’t you play “Call Me Maybe” on toy instruments?
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Scott Storch Is Just a Broken-Down Piece of Meat
The former hip-hop wunderkind aims for rock bottom.