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Soul great Syl Johnson finds 'justice' at last
Turn It UpSyl Johnson is sitting in the South Side offices of his Numero Group record label and examining a 40-year-old portrait of himself in a rare moment when he wasn’t playing a gig, running a recording session or working a day...... -
Top weekend shows: John Mellencamp, Mavis Staples, Syl Johnson
Turn It UpJohn Mellencamp: The singer-songwriter is coming off an intriguing series of albums emphasizing his songwriting and his debt to roots blues, country and folk, a direction that may shake up his shows from greatest-hits routine, 6:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday at... -
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on the arts: Dance, gritty theater and a shift towards neighborhoods
The Theater LoopChicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel at an press conference Feb. 23. Emanuel recently spoke with the Tribune's Chris Jones about his arts vision for Chicago. See also "Rahm Emanuel on the arts," published Feb. 17 from the campaign trail. (Tribune photo...... -
Smith pushes for job creation ahead of runoff
Lincoln ParkRedEye sat down with Michele Smith, one of the candidates hoping to replace Vi Daley as 43rd Ward alderman. Smith, the Democratic ward committeeman, faces hospital administrator Tim Egan in an April 5 runoff election.... -
Old Town School annex on the rise
Change of SubjectThe expansion of the Old Town School of Folk Music -- long on the drawing board -- has shot into the sky lately across from the school's main building at 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Last I looked it...... -
Joe Boyd, Robyn Hitchcock lead tour of London underground circa 1967
Turn It UpWhat was it like to be at the heart of London’s underground music scene in the late ‘60s? You could do worse than having Joe Boyd and Robyn Hitchcock as your tour guides to that galvanizing era, a role they’ll...... -
Camp Algonquin farewell full of memories
TribLocal - Elgin » NewsIt was nearly 20 years to the day that Randy Osborn interviewed to become program director at Camp Algonquin along the Fox River in McHenry …... -
Top weekend shows: Robbie Fulks, Willie Nelson, Joe Boyd-Robyn Hitchcock
Turn It UpRobbie Fulks: The songwriter-raconteur will pay tribute to Michael Jackson, drawing on the array of adventurous Jackson covers – from “Mama’s Pearl” to “Billie Jean” -- collected on Fulks’ fine 2010 album, “... -
Top weekend shows: Wire, Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris
Turn It UpWire: The U.K. punk-era iconoclasts have trimmed themselves down to an even leaner and meaner trio, and the recent “Red Barked Tree” – only their 12th studio album in 34 years – functions as a solid career overview of the...... -
Bean there, sung that: Caroling at Cloud Gate
Change of SubjectMary Schmich and I will be honored to join with faculty and students from the Old Town School of Folk Music for this week's Caroling at Cloud Gate, Friday at 6 p.m. in Millennium Park at the sculpture commonly know...... -
Songs of Good Cheer and the Rahm Emanuel blues
Change of SubjectUnder old business today, a final report on the “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” song parody contest held this year in conjunction with last months boffo, sold-out “Songs of Good Cheer” concerts at the Old Town School of Folk Music....... -
Chicagoan of the year in music: Syl Johnson
Turn It UpChicago soul great Syl Johnson is 74 years old, and he can’t remember a year that music didn’t play a fundamental role in his life. While growing up in a one-bedroom shack in Mississippi, young Sylvester Thompson was around music......
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