Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

JD Souther, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee who co-wrote several of the Eagles’ greatest hits, wrote some of Linda Ronstadt’s most beloved songs and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts ...

Fort Smith, Arkansas-based singer/songwriter JD Clayton has been on fire lately. He and his band have been touring nearly non-stop and he’s been releasing some of the best music of his career. Today, ...

Jesse Welles is going electric. After collecting a year’s worth of attention as a solo singer-songwriter who plainly “sings the news,” the Ozark native is set to turn a corner with “Middle,” his first ...