Then Came Aunt Dionne – Teaching Us A Lesson Or Two
When the iconic worldwide singer Dionne Warwick, who performed here in Chicagoland Friday night, stopped in the middle of one lecture to her audience on how to show more appreciation…
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G.O.A.T. Album Anniversary Series – Vol. 1: “Songs In The Key Of Life” – Stevie Wonder
This article, published on October 10, 2016, is the first in a new djrobblog Greatest Of All Time (or G.O.A.T.) series celebrating landmark album anniversaries. In Vol. 1, it’s the…
Rod Temperton, 1949 – 2016: A Thrilling Heatwave Of Hits
The legendary songwriter Rod Temperton passed away earlier this week, as reported on October 5, extinguishing one of pop/soul music’s guiding lights and further solidifying 2016 as one of the…
Yusuf: A “Cat” By Another Name Prowls Chicago
On Friday, September 30, singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known to us all as the legendary Cat Stevens, gave a stellar, intimate performance here at the Oriental Theatre in downtown Chicago…
America’s Four Most Troubling Years (Post WW2) – And the Music That Defined Them
As Americans commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil this September 11th, djrobblog takes a look back at the four years I consider to be…