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GWHH On Examiner.com - Chicago

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2008-06-10 18:30:00 by Sgt. Tibs in Gowhere Hip Hop - The #1 Chicago Hip Hop Blog
...Chicago. We Pioneers are on the forefront of a new wave of change. Not only could I reference the Obama campaign, the rise of Gas prices, the rebirth of Hip Hop, but no; what I speak on is the wave of knowledge and information. People all over the country will change how they receive their daily information aboutwell Life. What Im referring...
 
Tags: chicago, chicago native, chicago anthems, chicago bears, chicago skyline, chicago rapper gemstones, chicago ties, chicago rap tribute, chicago hip hop
 
 
 
 
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Vaudeville in Chicago.

2008-08-30 10:50:00 by Chris Rich in Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog.
 
...Chicago Place of origin Chicago, Illinois Date 6/14/39 r.D.C Project worker Alfred O. Phillipp VAUDEVILLE IN CHICAGO Time - 1919 PLACE "The Corner Meet me at Dearborn and Randolph." The Midwest edition of New York's famed Times Square. For Chicago also had its theatrical business district, a small area which housed the offices of the...
 
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Sweet Home Chicago - A History Of Chicago Blues (3-CD)

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2008-11-30 09:53:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois by taking the basic acoustic guitar and harmonica-based Delta blues and adding electrically amplified guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, and sometimes saxophone, and making the harmonica louder with a microphone and an instrument amplifier. The music...
 
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Chicago hears Ornette Coleman -- This is our music

2008-09-01 15:30:03 by Jazz beyond Jazz in Jazz Beyond Jazz
 
...Chicago Jazz Festival last Sunday night. The attentive, mellow and celebratory audience response, including a standing ovation throughout the 5000 seats nearest the bandshell in Grant Park, suggested that improvisation created without a priori conventions or artificial constraints, which Coleman throughout his remarkable career has alluded to...
 
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Chicago Blues

2008-10-18 06:27:21 by Dr Robert Muller in 1960s Psychedelic Hippie Culture and Music
 
...Chicago - The Blues Capitol of the World by Wendy Pan Blues and Chicago are always mentioned in the same sentence and there's a good reason for it. Chicago is the proclaimed "Blues Capital of the World". Such greats as Buddy Guy, BB King and Muddy Waters have called it home. Blues in Chicago is still very much alive and and kicking its...
 
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"I'm a Man"- Chicago Transit Authority

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2008-10-22 00:11:00 by Chili in Rock and Roll Classics
...Chicago" even with their long and storied career as Classic Rock. Good Question, Bob (may we call you Bob). Oh what the heck Bob it is Think back to your first "Chicago" experience. For most of us, we are proud to say, we were there at the beginning Chicago Transit Authority (their original name) was a rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago,...
 
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Update: Chicago Music Venues Safe for Now

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2008-05-13 12:34:00 by Matthew Solarski in Pitchfork: News
...Chicago-- the city Pitchfork has called home for years now-- are in jeopardy thanks to an unfortunate piece of impending legislation The proposed "Event Promoters" ordinance (or Chapter 4-157 of Title IV of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago, if you're fancy) goes before Chicago's City Council TOMORROW, May 14, 2008, at 10 a.m....
 
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NEW Chicago Music - Lupe, Kanye, MORE

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2008-06-28 00:02:41 by Sgt. Tibs in Gowhere Hip Hop - The #1 Chicago Hip Hop Blog
Chicago Bulls #1 Overall Pick: Derrick Rose My brief hiatus is finally over, (haha, been mad busy the last couple days, sry!) and as Im sure many ppl know by now, our hometown Chicago Bulls made it official last nite, making hometown prince Derrick Rose the number 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft! As u can imagine, Im beyond excited for Rose...
 
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Equalizer Showcase, Darkroom, Chicago 7/3/2008

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2008-07-14 21:12:57 by Mike Turner, Equalizer in KEXP Blog
...Chicago this month I am reminded more often just what a vital music town and indeed music community Chicago is right now. I cant think of another city of this scale (and I have lived in quite a few others) where the social structure surrounding live music is as large, interconnected and supportive as it is here. Maybe I just notice this more...
 
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Chicago: Music City?

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2008-01-25 13:00:46 by Mitch in Live Music Blog
...Chicago, prepared by The Cultural Policy Center at The University of Chicago. You can get the entire report sent to you in an email as well as a digested synopsis on their website , but Ill give you a digested digestion. I will be the mother bird, eating the worms and regurgitating back into your mouths Basically, the size of the music...