R.I.P. Marie Fredriksson (1958-2019); A Roxette Retrospective
(December 14, 2019). As Swedish musical acts go, many knowledgeable American fans can run off a list of maybe three or four performers who’ve made enough of an impact to…
R.I.P. Juice WRLD: ‘Addiction Knows no Boundaries,’ but is that what really killed you?
(December 13, 2019). The hip-hop world as a whole and the local Chicago community in particular have been in shock the past five days as they both continue to mourn…
R.I.P. Valerie Heywood of the famed Chic Strings; Paying tribute with her best contribution to the group…
(November 9, 2019). We’ve lost yet another of the talented musicians who played with one of the 1970s’ greatest disco/funk/R&B bands, Chic. Ms. Valerie Heywood, former Chic Strings member, died…
Tribute: The late Diahann Carroll (1935-2019) had a musical side, too.
(October 6, 2019). Trailblazing, groundbreaking, pioneering. Breathtakingly beautiful. All those superlatives and more have been used – and appropriately so – to describe the legendary Diahann Carroll, who unexpectedly passed…
Ric Ocasek/The Cars were the ‘Heartbeat’ to American Pop’s (arguably) Greatest Year.
“H-h-h-h-h-h-hello. H-h-h-hello again!” And with those words you knew it was time for yet another trip to that zany place known as Heartbeat City. Mode of transportation? The Cars. The…