Come celebrate 20 years of the Secret History of Chicago Music column in the Chicago Reader! Written/drawn by Plastic Crimewave aka Steve Krakow, nearly 500 SHoCM features have run, covering overlooked Windy City musicians from genres like jazz, soul, blues, experimental, psychedelic, punk and beyond.
We’re honored to have guests like Soul deities with long careers like Renaldo Domino (Numero Group) and Jackie Ross, Aaron Cohen author ofMove On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power, P. Michael and Travis of experimental Afrofuturists Ono, Synth soundscape pioneer Bil Vermette (who will also do a short performance), Chicago Reader editor Salem Collo-Julin, and Chicago Reader Music Editor of 21 years Philip Montoro– on panels moderated by Plastic Crimewave himself.
The schedule:
4:30–Doors
5-6PM–Chicago Reader Panel with Salem Collo-Julin and Philip Montoro on SHoCM process
6-7PM–Avant Garde 80s Chicago Panel with P. Michael and Travis of Ono, and Bil Vermette
7-7:30PM—Bil Vermette Performance
7:30-8:30PM—Chicago Soul Panel with Renaldo Domino, Jackie Ross, and Aaron Cohen
The La Humita On Wheels Food Truck will be present for hungry patrons waiting to get into the second show…which you do no wnat to miss, featuring soul god Renaldo Domino. (Discounted tix for both events.)
Sponsored by Aeriz Cannabis Co.
