Medlocke first joined Lynyrd Skynyrd as a drummer in 1970-71, later leaving to front Blackfoot. When he returned in 1996, he ...

In 2025, American singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow died at his home in New York at age 86. He was one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary. The group rose to overnight fame in the early ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

Not every rocking tune requires electric guitars or a loud band, as these classic acoustic songs from the 1970s prove.

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It was 1969 and the band, then known as Chicago Transit Authority, was turning heads with a style that infused a dynamic horn ...

Through the Black Panther Party Cubs and the Hampton House, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. builds on his father’s linkage of art ...

There were many eras of music that were memorable, but if you ask Steve King and Johnnie Putman, they’ll tell you that the 1970s in Chicago were the best for concerts and they have two guys ...

Every first date needs the perfect song as a backdrop for all those butterflies and excitement. Every generation has its set of songs that work well for dating. The 1970s saw a plethora of romantic ...

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Justin Baren, a Chicago-area musician who as a teenager shot to the upper echelon of the music industry in the pop band the Redwalls, has died. The band announced his death Tuesday. Baren was 40.

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