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House music has certainly evolved over the years, but many of us still have a fondness for the deep bass, tight beats and simple instrumentation that typified its early sound. How handy, then, that ...
Feature December 14, 2022 House Music is Still the Sound of the Future As raves took over the world, American electronic music kept growing in the places it began.
Explore House Music’s Queer Roots With These 15 Fierce Tracks From banging cuts for the ballroom to surprisingly tasteful early big room house, these tracks expose the genre's roots in queer American ...
Newark is well known for its role in the development of the house music genre. This summer, the Newark City Parks Foundation is staging a variety of free and public house-music events. In this special ...
It’s the music you hear in clubs across the world. But did you know the House genre started right here in Chicago? That’s ...
Beyoncé and Drake are drawing heavily on house music — but the thumping rhythms of House have never really stopped since DJs, producers and electronic musicians first pioneered the sound in ...
DCASE launched the Chicago House Music Fest at Pritzker Pavilion on Memorial Day weekend in 2018, after several years of hosting annual house-music gatherings in Millennium Park at around the same ...
“House Music Is the Chocolate” Producer-DJ Vince Lawrence takes center stage in a new documentary about the birth of house.
Guest blogger Lester K. Spence says the genre is more than just music. For him, it can be a form of therapy.
This weekend is the Chicago House Music Festival. The event showcases our city's deep roots in house music with an array of ...
Performers and attendees of all ages reveled in the energy and intensity of the dance style at Millennium Park on Saturday.