Posted on July 29th, 2011 by steve
Lots of Chicago related links this week: A Chicago musician writes and records his way around all 50 states and returns home Chicago based The AV Club covers the use of Chicago landmark Marina Towers for Chicago band Wilco’s cover art for the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album Friends of The Barn and Chicago blues-rock staples [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2010 by steve
Let’s say you’ve got a ton of soul, a wealth of talent and a hell of a creative streak. You get off on loud guitars and the deep rumble of the bass. Your music is an extension of yourself, a vehicle of expression for joy, pain, melancholy, even anger. Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Howlin’ [...]

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