Wholesome Open House on April 20th!
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BAD EGG x WholesomeZine present THE SCRAMBLE, a launch fest for a new zine!
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Fight Night can be described as an experience of the art battling the artist.
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Thanks to CHIRP RADIO for helping Neptune's Core - Can't Have It All to reach Number 1 for the week of 9/21/2020! (I think there's a typo on CHIRP site, hehe however much we'd like it to not be true it's 2020) Recorded right here at WholesomeStudio where new rooms are still available. In the spirit of the times here's Postcard telling you to VOTE!
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Take Me Back (Destination 635)
Chicago rock group The Flock, when they were on Columbia in 1969, were very much a jazzy fusion of rock and minor classical strains via violinist Jerry Goodman. Goodman did not join and record with the band until their 45 on U.S.A. in mid 1968. The earlier 45s reveal a band capable of some exacting, uptown soul, and sometimes they sounded like a cross of The Spiral Staircase and the more updated aspects of The Four Seasons. This side is a good example. It is really tight pop-rock-soul, with excellent horns, and no violin at all!
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The New Colony Six, The Riddles, The Knaves and more...
This show, featuring the New Colony Six, resumes an earlier focus on 60's era Chicago Rock bands. The early New Colony Six records were released on their own label, Centaur, later changed to Sentar. Though they twice recorded the Yardbird’s Mister You’re A Better Man Than I, much of their early work is popish Folk Rock with an emphasis on the vocals. The group had several…
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The Buckinghams
Long ago and far away I began a series of Chicago music shows. One of this series is 60's rock from Chicago, and this initial comment corresponds to the very first Chicago Rock show. A bunch are coming (or already aired) and comments are forthcoming.
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