Friday, November 18, 2011

This week's Chicago Music: Lita Ford | Los Lobos | Dessa

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Lita Ford ready to sling her ax again
Lita Ford ready to sling her ax

Suffice it to say, interviewing Lita Ford, the 53-year-old heavy metal guitarist best known for '80s hits such as "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever," is not the smoothest experience in the world.

Dessa goes from poetry slam past to hip-hop present From poetry slam to hip-hop

Minneapolis-based rapper Dessa began as a spoken-word artist and gradually morphed into an MC with a plum spot in the famed Doomtree hip-hop collective.
Songwriters are Los Lobos' bedrock Los Lobos' bedrock

Louie Perez and David Hidalgo have been writing songs together for 40 years, providing the backbone for Los Lobos albums and a couple of Latin Playboys projects.


Album review: Kate Bush, '50 Words for Snow'

Top weekend shows: Charlie Musselwhite, Zac Brown Band

Valerie Simpson on Nick Ashford: 'I'm not used to him not being here yet'

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A splendid new voice blossoms in Philly

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With CSO, Bychkov takes the bombast out of Strauss' 'A Hero's Life'

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