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Mix Six: “Brass Kiss”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Since musical styles come around again and again, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before horn sections start to be part of popular bands once again. The
Read More »World Cup Semifinal 2 Recap
Germany 0-1 Spain The soccer world, including myself, had bought so into this concept of a New Germany – one that reflects a more open society than we’ve been accustomed to – that it
Read More »Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs’ in Chicago, 6/12/10
Closing out the first leg of their latest U.S. tour, criminally underappreciated Canadian favorites Blue Rodeo spent Saturday night in Chicago with a surprisingly deep (and, at times, obscure) set list, digging out tracks
Read More »Anatomy of an Album: Producer Ron Nevison Discusses “Chicago Twenty 1″
Nearly 20 years after the album was released, Ron Nevison shares the strange story of how his mixes for Chicago Twenty 1 were replaced -- and why he's still seething
Read More »Ticket Stub: Dio in Philadelphia, August ’84
For this week's Ticket Stub, Matt Wardlaw looks back on a face-melting Dio gig from the summer of
Read More »Uncovered: “Chicago 17″
Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? Popdose kicks off a new series with a look at the artwork for one of 1984's biggest hits
Read More »Bootleg City: Old Days
Old days — good times I remember. Fun days, filled with simple pleasures. Drive-in movies, comic books and blue jeans, Howdy Doody, baseball cards, and birthdays take me back to a world gone away. Memories
Read More »DVD Review: Chicago, “Chicago Transit Authority” (Quadrophonic Mix)
I don’t think there’s a band on the planet that’s done a more thorough job of repackaging its hits than Chicago — and in the 20 years since scoring its last meaningful hit, the
Read More »Mix Six: “The Remake”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE What possesses an artist to revisit his or her recordings years later and decide to remake the song? Sometimes it’s money, sometimes it’s about a label being a big
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