You might remember those little plastic music-playing devices — the ones with the black ribbons in them that, when entered into a certain device would result in your favorite tunes. Tapes. Cassettes. They went the way of the dinosaurs sometime in the early 90′s. But that doesn’t mean they are completely useless. I suppose you [...]
Listening to John Prine, you might never guess that he’s a Chicago area native. Yet, he is. Prine was born in Maywood, Illinois, where he took up a job delivering the mail before starting his music career in Chicago at the Fifth Peg on Armitage. Legend has it, another performer asked him “You think you [...]
