At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

The Birth of House" tells the story of how house music was born in the late 1970s. A history reconstructed by director ...

Ben Vaughn, a beloved figure in the Nashville music community who served as the president and CEO of Warner Chappell ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

While interesting, Elegance Bratton’s documentary falls short of being the definitive voice on Chicago’s role in house music ...

John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells - Blues Brothers and former SNL icon Dan Aykroyd knows his blues ...

On Thursday, two people who were teenagers in the 1980s found themselves in a very ... their distant past - at an alcohol-fuelled suburban house party, the descriptions of which have awakened ...

And we’re not just talking about his influence on music, although that list is quite vast as well. Sure, there are plenty of songs that have sampled and interpolated his work (like Acid Bath’s “Cassie ...

Chicago hip-hop artist Cassius Tae will take stage at Schubas Tavern Sunday for locally-run festival Tomorrow Never Knows, wrapping up five days of more than 30 shows across eight venues.

These will be only the second purchasers since the movie was made to take on ownership of what might be the most recognized house in the Chicago area. John and Cynthia Abendshien, who owned the ...

WINNETKA, Ill. — A famous house featured in the iconic holiday film “Home Alone” sold this week for nearly $300,000 over its asking price. Built in 1921, and fully renovated and expanded in ...