Chicago Lifestyle Podcast & Video Blog
Podcast episodes and video related to musical theater, musical film, music performance and musicians in Chicago.
Includes classical, traditional, folk, reggae, jazz, blues, theater, pop, rock, current, and avant-garde styles.
Chicago composer Janice Misurell-Mitchell translates the text and imagery of William Blake into a sonic experience in “Mad Song” presented at Northwestern University. Performed by twelve students of the Bienen School of Music, conducted by A.J. Keller, DMA candidate in Choral Conducting. The performance was …
A cool vintage video we found thanks to “Obsolete Video.” Before cable TV there was something called UHF (Ulta High Frequency) TV that extended the over-the-air bandwidth introducing a number of additional channels and providing for more diversity that included more local programs. This pilot …
This music video produced by Chicago’s Boom Shot Records was shot in Rogers Park and on the Northshore by RenoWeb.net. “Dream Come True” featuring Rohan “Indian” Murray with D.J. Donnie Silk is distributed by VPAL Music. The song by Murray has a classic reggae vibe …
The Propaganda Machine with Stann Champion performs 4-AM with harmonica & blues vocal by Michael Hollywood at IndependenceTap in Chicago.
This reggae music video was shot at the Wild Hare in Chicago on Halsted. The song “Liberation” features a vocal by Leslie Ming accompanied by Tony Aiken and Future. Produced by Boom Shot Records and distributed by VPAL.