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DJ M-Dash writesDid P. Diddy and the 90s Save Live Music?
Maybe it wasn't all about the Benjamins.
In mid-June, I went to see Lauryn Hill up at Ravinia. Besides the fact that many of us, roving around the grounds with craft beers and even White Claw cans in our hands, were mostly middle-aged people, Gen Xers (‘90s kids as we call ourselves now), I was reminded of one other very ‘90s thing.
Hill came on after dark—easily 9:15 pm. And we weren’t surprised it would be a fabulous but brief show. As Hill trumpeted out tunes from her nearly 25-year-old album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the other flashback that hit was that back then… the short hip-hop show was standard.
In the first half of the 1990s, whether Fugees tipped your consciousness or Digable Planets’ dreamier tales were more your style, live tours were the same. You went to see an act that would come on at least an hour, maybe two hours later than scheduled.
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 26 - Jul 2)
Upcoming Events:
- Monday Jun2 26: CHIRP Radio welcomes Wednesday + Squirrel Flower to Metro
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz
- Friday July 7 - Sunday July 9: CHIRP Radio at Square Roots Festival
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Le Tigre to the Salt Shed
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Altin Gun to Thalia Hall
- Friday July 21 - Sunday July 23: CHIRP Record Fair at The 2023 Pitchfork Music Festival
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 19 - Jun 25)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz
- Friday July 7 - Sunday July 9: CHIRP Radio at Square Roots Festival
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Le Tigre to the Salt Shed
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Altin Gun to Thalia Hall
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 12 - Jun 18)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 13: CHIRP Radio DJ Night at The Native (feat. CHIRP DJ Chris Siuty)
- Saturday June 17: CHIRP Radio welcomes the John Doe Folk Trio to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Sunday June 18: CHIRP Radio welcomes Damien Jerado to Evanston SPACE
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 5 - Jun 11)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 6: CHIRP NIght at The Whistler with Bret Koontz & Truancy Club and Beh'Ouai
- Friday June 9: CHIRP Radio welcomes Gary Louris to the Old Town School of folk Music
- Tuesday June 13: CHIRP Radio DJ Night at The Native (feat. CHIRP DJ Chris Siuty)
- Saturday June 17: CHIRP Radio welcomes the John Doe Folk Trio to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Sunday June 18: CHIRP Radio welcomes Damien Jerado to Evanston SPACE
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz at Roscoe Books