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City Scenes - Chicago

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In City Scenes we focus on the music scene of a different city each week, taking in a bit of the history, hearing music by some of the most famous artists to come out of whichever city we’re focusing on, and learning about exciting current day sounds that are being made in it right now. We’re going through the Alphabet from A-Z and for this episode we’re on C and looking at the City of Chicago. Chicago is a City of 2.6 million people located in the state of Illinois in the American Midwest of the USA. It has a huge musical history that it would be impossible to try and cover in the space of half an hour so today we look at some of the main styles of music that the city is known for, namely blues, soul, Chicago house and hip hop and finally we look at an exciting new wave of indie rock bands that are currently stirring things up in the city. To understand the roots of the music that Chicago has produced over the years we can look back to a phenomenon called the Great Migration which happened in between 1910 and 1970. During this time there was a huge influx of poor African American workers to Chicago who arrived escaping the segregation and discrimination that existed in southern states of the USA and seeking employment in the industrial cities of the north. Of course these migrants brought a huge wave of culture to the city and the musical traditions of Jazz and Blues arrived with them. In Chicago these music forms developed and evolved and Chicago came to be known as a center for what people called Chicago Blues and Chicago-Style or Dixieland Jazz. Some of the most famous blues musicians of all time are from the city of Chicago such as Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf and Chicago Blues which generally featured electrically amplified Guitars, bass guitars, drums and piano, was an important step and influence in the development of what we know as Rockn Roll Music. In the 1960s and 1970s Chicaco was also a centre for soul music which also found its way up to the city from the southern states of the USA. Artists like Curtis Mayfield, The Staple Singers, Earth Wind and Fire and Chaka Khan are all children of Chicago. Another type of music that was created and is synonymous with Chicago is House music or Chicago house as its also known. House music these days is at the center of modern day dance music and its influence is directly responsible for most of the music we hear in clubs all over the world. House music started when DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy started playing Disco music and early European electronic music in Chicago nightclubs with a focus on the repetitive and rhythmic drum and bass elements in each track. Soon local producers like Marshall Jefferson started recording their own DIY versions of the music they were hearing in clubs and House music was born. Chicago House music that can be identified by a steady 4 to the floor beat made with drum machines, synthesized basslines and melodies, soulful vocals and samples. But the original format of house music has been developed and evolved into countless forms of dance music such as techno, trance, dance pop and bass music. In more recent times, one of the most famous artists to have come out of the city is Kanye West, who has done huge things in terms of putting Chicago on the map when it comes to Hip Hop in the USA. Finally, we end this episode of City Scenes with a look at the current day DIY inde guitar rock scene that is currently flourishing in the city. Bands like Friko and lifeguard, Post Office Winter and Horsegirl are part of an exciting new wave of young talented musicians that are currently putting out music, playing house shows and supporting each other as a scene. We would recommend diving into all of their music to hear what all the noise is about. Next week we`ll be back for another City Scenes with the letter D and we will be going 4 hours down the road to Detroit
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In City Scenes we focus on the music scene of a different city each week, taking in a bit of the history, hearing music by some of the most famous artists to come out of whichever city we’re focusing on, and learning about exciting current day sounds that are being made in it right now. We’re going through the Alphabet from A-Z and for this episode we’re on C and looking at the City of Chicago. Chicago is a City of 2.6 million people located in the state of Illinois in the American Midwest of the USA. It has a huge musical history that it would be impossible to try and cover in the space of half an hour so today we look at some of the main styles of music that the city is known for, namely blues, soul, Chicago house and hip hop and finally we look at an exciting new wave of indie rock bands that are currently stirring things up in the city. To understand the roots of the music that Chicago has produced over the years we can look back to a phenomenon called the Great Migration which happened in between 1910 and 1970. During this time there was a huge influx of poor African American workers to Chicago who arrived escaping the segregation and discrimination that existed in southern states of the USA and seeking employment in the industrial cities of the north. Of course these migrants brought a huge wave of culture to the city and the musical traditions of Jazz and Blues arrived with them. In Chicago these music forms developed and evolved and Chicago came to be known as a center for what people called Chicago Blues and Chicago-Style or Dixieland Jazz. Some of the most famous blues musicians of all time are from the city of Chicago such as Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf and Chicago Blues which generally featured electrically amplified Guitars, bass guitars, drums and piano, was an important step and influence in the development of what we know as Rockn Roll Music. In the 1960s and 1970s Chicaco was also a centre for soul music which also found its way up to the city from the southern states of the USA. Artists like Curtis Mayfield, The Staple Singers, Earth Wind and Fire and Chaka Khan are all children of Chicago. Another type of music that was created and is synonymous with Chicago is House music or Chicago house as its also known. House music these days is at the center of modern day dance music and its influence is directly responsible for most of the music we hear in clubs all over the world. House music started when DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy started playing Disco music and early European electronic music in Chicago nightclubs with a focus on the repetitive and rhythmic drum and bass elements in each track. Soon local producers like Marshall Jefferson started recording their own DIY versions of the music they were hearing in clubs and House music was born. Chicago House music that can be identified by a steady 4 to the floor beat made with drum machines, synthesized basslines and melodies, soulful vocals and samples. But the original format of house music has been developed and evolved into countless forms of dance music such as techno, trance, dance pop and bass music. In more recent times, one of the most famous artists to have come out of the city is Kanye West, who has done huge things in terms of putting Chicago on the map when it comes to Hip Hop in the USA. Finally, we end this episode of City Scenes with a look at the current day DIY inde guitar rock scene that is currently flourishing in the city. Bands like Friko and lifeguard, Post Office Winter and Horsegirl are part of an exciting new wave of young talented musicians that are currently putting out music, playing house shows and supporting each other as a scene. We would recommend diving into all of their music to hear what all the noise is about. Next week we`ll be back for another City Scenes with the letter D and we will be going 4 hours down the road to Detroit
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