Soul Train veteran and Attack of the Boogie host Andrew Kitchen celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.
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The Universal Togetherness Band’s omnivorous dance-funk got released three decades late
UTB mastermind Andre Gibson used years of free sessions with Columbia College audio engineering students to develop his far-reaching hybrid style.
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Archive dive: How Soul Train, the show that put black music on TVs across America, got its start in Chicago
Even after it moved to LA, Chicago kept its own version running daily for nearly a decade.
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WCIU premieres Chicago’s One Night Stand-Up on New Year’s Eve
Rebecca O’Neal hosts the local televised stand-up showcase.
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Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan
Eleven-year-old Mae Ya Carter Ryan has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.
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An early glimpse of Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius started out on a black news show on Chicago’s WCIU
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Sport: Watching the World Cup
Do American really like watching athletes perform or just talking about athletes performing? With its simple rules, lack of structure, and continuity of play, World Cup soccer may be the ultimate test of the American sports fan’s attention span.