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Che Armond Smith (born July 6, 1977), [2] better known by his stage name Rhymefest, is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois.He is best known for his work with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West, with writing credits on his songs including "Jesus Walks" (which won Best Rap Song) in 2004 and "New Slaves" in 2013.
The Symposium is an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. [2] The group consists of Charlie Gammill (guitar, vocals), Jamie Siewert (drums), Sam Clancy (guitar, keyboard) and Benny Goetz (bass). [3] The band is influenced by and has been compared to The Strokes, Mac DeMarco and Ty Segall among others. [2]
Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by American blues musician B.B. King, recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago.Agreeing to a request by jail warden Winston Moore, King and his band performed for an audience of 2,117 prisoners, most of whom were young black men.
McDermott started performing in Chicago coffeehouses in the early 1990s, [citation needed] incorporating elements of Irish music into an American folk rock sound. He was signed by Brian Koppelman to Giant Records; his 1991 single A Wall I Must Climb from the album 620 W. Surf reached No. 34 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock tracks chart.
The legacy of Material Issue lives on in the International Pop Overthrow festival that plays in Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago each year. The IPO festival (renamed IPO from Poptopia in the late 90s to honor Material Issue) is the largest showcase of power pop music in the United States and brings in power pop bands from all over the world to showcase what is new in the world of power ...
"Been Caught Stealing" is a song by American rock band Jane's Addiction, released in November 1990 by Warner Bros. as the third single from the band's second album, Ritual de lo Habitual (1990). The song is also the band's biggest hit, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart. [ 3 ]
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.