🎤 Meet the ladies who sing from the back

These Chicago background vocalists have helped Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Clay sound their best [READER]( The Daily Reader [The ladies who sing from the back]( These Chicago background vocalists have helped the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Clay sound their best. Here their own voices take center stage. by [Deitra Farr]( | [Read more]( → [The pain of history]( How Blood Go traces the cycles of racist medical abuse. by [Sheri Flanders]( | [Read more]( → [Edra Soto’s Graft project comes to the Hyde Park Art Center]( The Puerto Rican artist treats her roots as a blueprint. by [Ally Fouts]( | [Read more]( → [Better Boy reveals an easygoing, fine-dining future at the next Monday Night Foodball]( Check out Adam McFarland and Tom Rogers’s nightshade-free menu this Monday at Ludlow Liquors. by [Mike Sula]( | [Read more]( → ICYMI: Just push play. On his daily podcast, [senior writer Ben Joravsky]( chats with some of Chicago's best and brightest politicians, activists, and journalists. [LISTEN TO THE BEN JORAVSKY SHOW]( [Issue of Mar. 23 – Apr. 5, 2023 Vol. 52, No. 12]( [View/Download Issue (PDF)]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2023 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616