Mighty Blue Kings
Jumpin' at the Green MillMeet Me in Uptown 1996 via R-Jay
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Meet Me in Uptown 1996 via R-Jay
Canasta
Slow Down ChicagoWe Were Set Up 2005 via CD Baby
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Koko Taylor
Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's DoorSouth Side Lady 1992 via Evidence
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The undisputed Queen of Chicago Blues.
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Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home to MeThe Man And His Music 1986 via RCA
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Sam Cooke was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, but his family moved to Chicago where he developed his singular vocal talent.
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Rickie Lee Jones
Old EnoughBalm in Gilead 2009 via Fantasy
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Rickie Lee was born in Chicago on November 8, 1954.
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James Zollar
Chicago PreferredZollar Systems 2010 via Jzaz Records
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Ryan Adams
Dear ChicagoDemolition 2002 via Lost Highway
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Eddy Clearwater
Chicago Weather WomanHelp Yourself 1992 via Blind Pig
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The Spares
Nodding Like I DoBeautiful & Treacherous Thing 2007 via Tweed Records
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Chicago bluegrass band; singer Jodee Smith sounds a lot like Allison Krauss!
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9:20 am
Marguerite Mariama
Goin' to ChicagoWild Women Never Get the Blues... Well, Not Anymore! 2006 via Powerlight Media
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A Count Basie tune that touts Chicago over New York City.
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Spoon
Chicago At NightGirls Can Tell 2001 via Merge Records
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Sean Watkins
Chicago26 Miles 2003 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Jan James
I Can Not Hide From YouRing Around The Moon 2010 via Blue Palace Records
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A Chicago artist who we've hosted many times here at WYCE. This is her new release.
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Sonia Dada
Planes and SatellitesA Day At The Beach 1995 via Razor & Tie
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A band that sounds like it's from New Orleans, but, no, it's from Chicago.
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Morry Sochat & the Special 20s
Meet Me In ChicagoEatin' Dirt 2010 via Galaxie
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Luka Bloom
City of ChicagoInnocence 2006 via Cooking Vinyl
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Freddy Cole
On The South Side Of ChicagoThe Dreamer In Me- Live At Dizzy's Club 2009 via HighNote
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Wilco
You Never KnowWilco (The Album) 2009 via Nonesuch
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A famous Chicago indie band.
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8:30 am
Alice Peacock
City of AngelsLove Remains 2009 via Adrenaline Music
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Alice is a Chicago-based musician and refers to her town in this song.
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Syl Johnson
Talkin' Bout ChicagoTalkin' About Chicago 1999 via Delmark
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Trian
The Torrid Romance/The Boys From Chicago/P. J. McComiskey'sTrian 1992 via Flying Fish
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It's an all-Chicago morning at YCE -- songs about Chicago and by Chicago musicians!
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Joseph Arthur
ChicagoLet's Just Be 2007 via Lonely Astronaut
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Stephane Grappelli
ChicagoOlympia 88 1990 via Collectables
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Robert Johnson
Sweet Home ChicagoThe Complete Recordings 1990 via RCA
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Sufjan Stevens
ChicagoCome On Feel the Illinoise 2005 via Asthmatic Kitty
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