Friends & family rally for Steve Laviniere of Bobby & Steve
Steve Laviniere of Bobby & Steve - DJ, producer and pioneer of the soulful house sound - has been disabled as a result of complications from COVID-19.
Tony Humphries touches down in Chicago this weekend
NYC house music legend Tony Humphries plays Smartbar this Saturday with Harry Cross & Jacob Meehan.
Detroit’s finest: Charivari festival returns in August with its best line-up yet
Returning August 13, 14 & 15: all of your hero's heroes will be in Detroit for Charivari, the homegrown midwest festival.
Chicago’s Chosen Few will hold a free concert for the vaccinated on August 28
Part of the city's Protect Chicago Music Series, the Chosen Few will play for free for all Chicago residents vaccinated by August 14.
Djoon, the Paris club that so often supports us, needs our support
Help one of the outposts of quality underground dance music re-open: Paris club Djoon is approaching a do-or-die fundraising goal.
Chicago’s Spybar will re-open on July 9
Gene Farris anchors Spybar's re-opening weekend coming July 9 in Chicago.
Report offers scathing look at diversity in the music industry
Fewer than 10% of industry executives at any level are Black, well below the US population, according to a new report which shows the music industry is still mostly made up of white men.
Juneteenth: 100% of Bandcamp’s share of sales donated today
Midnight to midnight on Friday, Bandcamp will be donating the platform's share of all sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Smartbar reopens: “We cannot wait to dance with you”
Chicago institution Smartbar will reopen starting this weekend for the first time in 16 months. Here's the line-up:
Outrage as SBA continues to withhold funds from music venues
Just 90 out of 14,000 applicants have been approved for money Congress set aside for your local club or music venue.
#Rejuvenate – inside the new 5 Mag
Franck Roger, Ed Nine, Rodney Baker, Berlin under lockdown and more in the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
For the old school heads: the Hot Mix 5 & B96 Mixmasters headline a drive-in house...
Farley Jackmaster Funk, Bad Boy Bill, Julian Jumpin Perez and more headline a Chicago house music radio reunion this weekend in Bridgeview.
Chicago House pioneer Rodney Bakerr has died
Rodney Baker, known professionally as Rodney Bakerr and the brilliant artist behind early Chicago label Rockin' House passed away last week.
Chicago Pride moves to October 2021 though some events go off anyway
The official Chicago Pride parade is moving to October 3, though that shouldn't put a damper on the burgeoning number of events taking place as Chicago exits lockdown restrictions for the first time in a year.
It turns out Corona was bad for musicians, great for selling music gear to them
Record sales of music instruments and gear reported as newbies and lapsed musicians pick up gear to pass the time through 2020.
Michel Baumann aka Soulphiction has died
Founder of Philpot and maker of wonderful things, Michel Baumann aka Soulphiction aka Jackmate has passed away after reporting a month ago he was undergoing chemotherapy.
Paxahau surprises with all-Detroit “Micro Movement 2021” festival
The event will be held over Memorial Day weekend in Detroit spread out across multiple clubs.
Streaming is lucrative, says report that artists would need 6,000,000 streams to buy
The IFPI's annual Global Music Report continues to beat the drum of a rosy future for streaming, ignoring musicians who are calling for reform.
Lollapalooza is on for 2021: report
Lollapalooza will return to Chicago July 29 to Grant Park according to a report in Variety.
What happened to the #SaveOurStages Act?
Congress set aside more than $16 billion for small music venues and nightclubs. After four months, not a single penny had been distributed.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
