After a few minutes, a man handed her socks, a toothbrush and a flyer for the Rotary Connection, a free 14-seat mini bus that brings homeless people directly to dozens of services, resources and ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Did you know that by the end of the first week into the new year, 77% of resolutions will have already failed (Norcross, 1988)? Yikes! You might ask yourself, "Why bother trying?" Well, you should.

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Phil Upchurch and Steve Cropper had plenty in common. Each man was legendary with a guitar in his hand, and if you want to see something really special pull up Upchurch and Booker T & the M.G.’s ...

Music has lost another great guitarist with the news that the legendary Phil Upchurch has died. He was 84. Variety reported that Upchurch actually died back on Nov. 23. He was best known for his work ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the band Chicago took the stage at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. Though audience members did not fear lightning strikes the way they might have at a previous MSU Chicago ...

John Brown University in Siloam Springs recently announced that President Chip Pollard and his wife, Carey Pollard, received the Mark Simmons Service Above Self Award. Also, Joe Walenciak, ...

In 2010, a day after drumming before 27,000 blues fans, with pop star John Mayer’s trio at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in a Bridgeview soccer stadium, prolific session musician Steve Jordan ...

Stevie Wonder is on the phone recounting the experience — trying to recount the experience — of recording “Lovin’ You” half a century ago with his friend, the late Minnie Riperton. “We were down at ...