Issue Articles
Show Us the Money
According to Jazz Fest figures, this was the best Jazz Fest ever, attendance-wise. The official headcount was 466,500 at the Fairgrounds, and this year, just to make sure that some […]
The Blacks, Just Like Mom (Bloodshot)
The common thread between the countryish bands on Chicago’s Bloodshot Records is a class consciousness. Few songs have been so overt as the Waco Brothers’ “Plenty Tough and Union Made;” […]
The Rivers of Black Poetry
The Rivers of Black Poetry
