Olivia Obineme
This week on SSW Radio we talked with two new artists about their new releases and got a recap of Chicago’s bond system
SSW Radio: Ric Wilson, Tracye Eileen, and More
Music
Too Main Stage For the Underground
Green Velvet’s Sound-Bar set disappoints
Lizzie Smith
Does a DJ have a responsibility to play the material he pioneered and honor the scene he came from? Or is their responsibility simply to please a crowd? If it’s the latter, is the obligation only to provide what the crowd, venue, and promoters want to hear? And what happens when all of this goes unchallenged for an entire evening?
SSW Radio: Lincoln Park’s Gentrification, Jorie Johnson, and More
Jorie Johnson (Olivia Obineme)
This week on SSW Radio we talking with a beatmaker, heard from attendees of a public newsroom, and continued our series on WHPK community DJs.
Creating As She Goes
Tatiana Hazel's fearless, magnetic music
Renee Rolewicz
When Tatiana Hazel uploaded her first singles to YouTube at the ripe old age of thirteen, it was clear she was destined for big things. With a very mid-2000s side sweep and original songs about first loves and first heartbreaks, Hazel expressed with grace and confidence what most of us only wish we could have during our teen years. In time, her style and subject matter drew in thousands of views, springboarding her career and encouraging her to pursue music on a more serious level.
SSW Radio: WHPK DJs and Listeners
Matthew Searle
This week on SSW Radio we turned our airwaves over to the WHPK community, sharing testimonies from listeners and DJs alike.
Portrait of an Abstract Contemporary Artist
Nikko Washington on gentrification, aesthetic form, and the exploration of the Black experience
Kahari Blackburn
You won’t catch Nikko Washington storytelling through the mic like his Savemoney crew members.
State of Nature
Mother Nature is raising “the collective conscience of damn-near the world through hip-hop”
Kiran Misra
As the old cliché goes, artists must “find their voices.” The rap duo Mother Nature, on the other hand, already know what they want to say. The two will waste no time telling you what they stand for: they’re a “badass group of MCs, coming to conquer the world through Black girl genius.”
SSW Radio: Sergio Mims, Plus Sign, and More
Students at the UIC FAST Adult Education and Career Transition - Center for Literacy work on exhibits for "Our City, Our Museum" (milo bosh)
This week on SSW Radio we continued our series on WHPK DJs, interviewed a local rapper, and heard from students developing museum exhibits telling their stories of their communities
Who’s Here and Who’s Not
Sol Patches unpacks their new album “Garden City”
Ellie Mejía
Sol Patches is a gender abolitionist artist from the South and North Sides who makes music influenced by poetry, theater, and black and brown queer and femme. Their new album Garden City includes a host of local collaborators including Hora English, Plus Sign, and Mykele Deville. The Weekly spoke with Sol Patches and Chaski, one of their collaborators, about the album.
SSW Video: Sol Patches Performs Verses From Garden City
Sol Patches is a gender abolitionist artist from the South and West Sides who makes music influenced by poetry, theater, and Black and brown queer and femme culture. Their new album Garden City includes a host of local collaborators including Hora English, Plus Sign, and Mykele Deville. In this video, Sol Patches performs solo, sharing verses from “Dear Chicago.”