Makaya McCraven, the 35-year-old Chicago jazz drummer, composer and producer, is making waves crossing free jazz with hip hop. Collaboration and spontaneity are pillars of his cause, as demonstrated on […]

Sing to me of Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis. A Northern tree whose Southern roots, having suckled at the Mississippi, were weaned on Eerie waters. Whose branches bear ice and Christmas […]

On a blustery November night in Chicago, Young Chicago Authors (youth literary arts organization and host of Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam) opened its doors to Red Bull Radio […]

Last year, Red Bull came to our city for 30 Days in Chicago, a month-long music project that took over November. It was a massive project that brought dozens of […]