Ezra Furman Rocks Some Tough Love
The 25-year-old Evanston native's debut album is a bruising, beguiling journey
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Katrina becomes a New Orleans museum piece
An afternoon car ride through New Orleans may be enough to understand the magnitude of destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floodwaters that swamped 80 percent of the...
Museum would sing praises of gospel
A South Side minister is hoping to create a museum to honor Chicago's gospel music heritage in Bronzeville, the neighborhood credited with the music's birth 80 years ago. The museum...
The Strokes' Julian Casablancas Barely Rouses Himself During Vic Concert
A woman in the crowd at The Vic Theatre this past Tuesday night yelled to the man shambling about on stage: "Can't wait to see you at Lollapalooza!" Julian Casablancas...
One Last Jam
B.B. King wasn't thinking about Chicago blues clubs when he wailed, "The thrill is gone." But it certainly could apply. Six ways to revive a fading cultural art form