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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesClassic Album Sundays Presents The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill This Sunday!
The worldwide event Classic Album Sundays has grown into a worldwide destination for those who wish to gather together to listen to and discuss the some of the greatest music ever made.
It's once again time to appreciate an audio work of art. This month's focus is on former Fugees member Lauryn Hill, whose 1998 album The Midseducation of Lauryn Hill has become a critical and commerical classic. (Read Sam Willet's excellent retrospective on the artist and the album.)
The Chicago branch of CAS will gather again at Saturday Audio Exchange (1021 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657) this Sunday, April 30th, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm to spin the record on super hi-fi equipment. The evening's schedule of events is as follows:
5:30pm-6:30pm: Sam will play a musical leadup playlist of artists that inspired or have been inspired by Ms. Lauryn Hill, including Erykah Badu, Aaliyah, D'Angleo, Bob Marley, and Wu-Tang Clan. Free lemonade and Dark Matter Coffee coffee is available to attendees (it's also BYOB).
6:35 pm: Sam gives a brief presentation on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, detailing its recording process and lyrical content, detailing its recording process and lyrical content.
6:45 pm: The needle drops on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Special guests Kathleen Rooney and Eric Plattner of Poems While You Wait will also be in attendance, writing poems for everyone at CAS!
Tickets to the event are $5 and can be purchased at the CAS Chicago EventBrite page.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesIn Rotation: Cupid Youth
CYEP, the EP from Chicago artist Matt Allen, aka Cupid Youth, is currently in rotation on CHIRP Radio!
Kevin Fullam writesThe Fourth Wall: The Revenant
[Welcome to The Fourth Wall, CHIRP's weekly e-conversation on cinema. This week's subject is the Leonardo DiCaprio epic film The Revenant. This edition is written by CHIRP Radio volunteers Kevin Fullam and Clarence Ewing.]
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
Clarence: This week’s film is a big shift from last week’s selection. We go from technology to the primal forces of nature in The Revenant, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Set in the 1800s, this is a tale of survival centered on wilderness guide Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), who, along with his son Hawk, is escorting a group of fur trappers through wild territory as they collect a fortune in pelts. A group of Indians attack, and most of the trappers are killed. The remaining group members try to make their way to the safety of a fort. Along the way, thanks to a bear attack and deceit from one of the other trappers, Glass is left for dead and must fight the elements and hostile native American warriors in his quest to get back to friendly ground.
The photography in this movie is drop-dead gorgeous. This didn’t feel like an almost three-hour long movie because there’s so much amazing scenery to look at. The “spherical” camera style of Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki is a perfect fit to capture the vastness of the American wilderness.
Lady Amelia writesIn Rotation: Ravyn Lenae
Album: Midnight Moonlight EP
Label: Atlantic
Ravyn Lenae is the most soulful Chicago artist you'll hear that's still in high school, and while people make a lot out of the fact that she's only 18, this EP is on par with the best hip hop and R&B coming out of Chicago right now. Midnight Moonlight's got an electro-R&B vibe with themes of loneliness, youth, and love paired with smooth vocal stylings and beats on par with FKA Twigs.
Lenae's voice is always ephemeral but remains rooted in the realities of being a young woman growing up in Chicago, and despite her youth, her maturity shines. Hell, she's already been mentioned by Rolling Stone, Vibe, & Nylon Magazine, and her fame and prestige are only going to grow.
Request to hear her new EP on air now!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of April 17)
Special Events
- Friday April 21: CHIRP spins at Tom’s Helping Hands Happy Hour
- Friday April 21: CHIRP Radio welcomes The Wedding Present to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday April 22: CHRP Radio welcomes Sweet Crude and Motel Radio to Shubas
New Media
- Dylan Peterson interviews Colleen Green
- Amelia Hurby interviews Lucille Furs and Half Gringa
- Kevin Fullam and Clarence Ewing discuss the movie Her