Studio Savant: Remembering Mark Rubel
The acclaimed studio engineer drew thousands of artists to Pogo Studio in Champaign and taught many more the art of recording music.
Four Days of House: Chicago House Music Festival returns to Millennium Park June 2 2024
Karizma, Anané, Tony Touch, Ash Lauryn, Jana Rush, Wayne Williams and more highlight this year's Chicago House Music Festival's powerhouse main event and series of events spread over 4 days from May 30 to June 2 2024 in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Magic mushroom bill gains momentum in Illinois Senate
The CURE Act has picked up more than a dozen co-sponsors to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use and expunge criminal records.
Chicago’s ARC Music Festival 2024 / August 30 – September 1 2024
Labor Day weekend 2024 gets electric with the return of ARC Music Festival in Union Park.
Scientists urge the world to deploy more disco balls
A new academic paper illustrates the benefits of brightening the planet with more sparkles. We agree.
Warner mounts bid for Believe & TuneCore distribution
The $1.8 billion buy-out would include the company's artist services, record labels and popular distribution arm TuneCore.
Kanye West sued again for copyright, this time it’s Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”
The Summer estate denied use of the iconic disco song due to "potential degradation to Summer's legacy" and "wanted no association with West's controversial history."
New show features Muzic Box interviews & unheard Ron Hardy mixtape
Jacob Arnold interviews about the classic Chicago club the Music Box precede a Ron Hardy mix from 1984 from the archives of DJ M-Traxxx.
Final line-up for Detroit’s Movement 2024 festival released
Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Goldie, Fatboy Slim, Masters at Work, Floorplan and more among 115 acts across 6 stages, 5 showcases and pop-up sets.
New Chicago house label GTO Recordings debuts with an in-store at Gramaphone Records
This Sunday afternoon with Mel Hammond and DJ Tommy Starck whose The Penthouse EP will be available.
The Wonderful Karl The Voice Has Passed Away
French West Indies vocalist Karl The Voice remembered as a kindly figure whose voice animated tracks by Fred Everything, Franck Roger, Marc Cotterell, Playin 4 The City, Bob Sinclar and more.
Steve Ostrow, founder of NYC’s Continental Baths, dies at 91
The NYC singer and entrepreneur who gave Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan an early gig passed away in Australia.
Fundraiser launched for House pioneer Jesse Saunders
One of the first Chicago house music artists, Jesse Saunders has suffered a setback in his recovery from a stroke and requires urgent support to continue rehab.
This year’s Electronic / Dance Music Grammy Award winners
All of the awards for electronic music were announced prior to the telecast, including Best Dance / Electronic Recording, Best Pop Dance Recording, Best Dance / Electronic Music Album and Best Remixed Recording.
North Coast Music Festival 2024 / August 30 – September 1 2024
The Chicago area EDM festival returns for its 14th year over Labor Day weekend August 30 through September 1 2024.
John Tejada announces The Monitors rerelease with Silent Servant
The secret project originally dropped on vinyl in 2011 and the rerelease was in the works for a few weeks prior to Silent Servant's death.
Spybar enters 2024 with massive venue upgrades
The sound system and DJ booth get an upgrade as the Chicago nightclub enters its 27th season.
Strut Records celebrates 25th anniversary with a reissue of Disco Not Disco
Capturing the hothouse of leftfield disco in the early 1980s, Disco Not Disco gets a special edition repress as Strut Records celebrates their 25th anniversary.
God Said Give ‘Em Apertures
Normski: The Man With the Golden Shutter captures two decades of Black artists in photographs, from NWA to Juan Atkins.
Surprise! Media Mail rates just went up again
United States Media Mail rates are going up by about 5% in January 2024, impacting buyers and sellers of records, books and magazines.
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