Jul 19 Critic DeRogatis: Pitchfork Stands for ‘Local Music Community at Its Best’ Note: This is the third and final installment of dispatches by Chicago Public Radio music critic Jim DeRogatis from the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival. Click here for Part 1,… Continue reading
Jul 16 Conversation: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Turns 50 By Tom LeGro This week marks the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee's classic, read today in classrooms throughout the country, has sold more than 30 million copies and made a lasting impact on many writers… Continue reading
Jul 16 Lissy Rosemont Writes Songs at My Dining Room Table By Mike Melia Front-woman of the Junior League Band, Lissy Rosemont is set to release her third full-length album, "Jelly Roll," this week with a concert at Washington, D.C.'s Rock N Roll Hotel. Lissy is singer, guitarist, pianist, banjo player...and the author's fiancee. Continue reading
Jul 15 Celebrating the Marriage of Art and Technology at the Creators Project By Molly Finnegan A partnership between Vice Magazine and Intel, the Creators Project was launched on June 26th in New York, bringing established and emerging artists from around the world together to explore the use of technology in art. Continue reading
Jul 14 Chapin Sisters: Not Your Father’s Folk By Tom LeGro Abigail and Lily Chapin have been singing and performing together since they can remember. Growing up in a family surrounded by musicians, they probably couldn't help it. We met the sisters at a recent tour stop at the 9:30 Club… Continue reading