Decades of house-music history rescued from south-side storage locker | The Make-Up at West Fest, Yob at Reggie's, and more show and concert previews

[READER]( July 6, 2018 [Decades of house-music history rescued from south-side storage locker]( Still Music restored dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes featuring unissued tracks and mixes from the genre’s early giants. [Read More]( [D.C. gospel yeh-yeh band the Make-Up playing rare reunion shows]( The Make Up plays at West Fest on Sat 7/7 at 8:30 PM, Chicago and Damen, $5 suggested donation, all-ages. [Read More]( [Chicago singer and poet Martin Tate forms a versatile group that measures up to his compelling persona]( Poet, singer, and performer Marvin Tate has been a steady presence in Chicago’s artistic fringe for several decades, working with Leroy Bach’s art-funk band Uptighty... [Read More]( [Yob’s new Our Raw Heart uses the darkness of doom metal to show us what to cherish]( The doom metal I enjoy generally does a fine job whipping up feelings of dread, revulsion, despair, and outrage—and like a good horror movie, it... [Read More]( [British musician James Hunter makes a virtue of his consistent devotion to midcentury R&B and early soul]( On James Hunter’s recent Whatever It Takes (Daptone) a brief liner note by pianist Sam Boncon delivers some straight talk that might seem like a... [Read More]( [Bison Bison illustrate the deep, endless vitality of Chicago’s jazz and improvised music community]( Sometimes I feel bad about my inability to keep up with the new talent that keeps pumping into Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scenes; there’s... [Read More]( [Irish singer Brigid Mae Power infuses rustic folk music with an incantatory splendor]( There’s a steely determination inside “Don’t Shut Me Up (Politely),” a song from Irish singer-songwriter Brigid Mae Power’s recent second album, The Two Worlds (Tompkins... [Read More]( [Martha Redbone Roots Project transforms the words of William Blake into modern American music]( If you were looking for compelling source material for an album of 21st-century Americana, you might not start with poems written in England at the... [Read More]( [In our time of great division, Odie makes music for everyone]( Canadian-born pop artist Odie embraces his Nigerian heritage, and talks a lot about growing up with the sounds of African gospel and Fela Kuti. His... [Read More]( Trouble reading? [View this message as a webpage](. This e-mail has been sent to {EMAIL} All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [Sign up]( for Chicago Reader Newsletters. [Privacy Policy]( • [Terms of Use]( • [Manage E-mail Preferences]( • [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Chicago Reader, 30 N Racine Ave. Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60607