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Cover Story: Alison Moyet • Legacy is Overrated

Cover Story: Alison Moyet • Legacy is Overrated

| December 31, 2024 | 0 Comments

  She may not have descended to the cynical, humanity-doubting depths of Moliere’s “The Misanthrope.” But synth-pop diva turned Neo-soul stylist Alison Moyet could be getting awfully close.         The French-descended, English-bred artist first conquered worldwide charts via Yazoo (or just Yaz Stateside), her memorable duo with ex-Depeche Mode keyboardist Vince Clarke, and […]

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Q&A: Susanna Hoffs at Chicago Humanities Festival • Chicago

Q&A: Susanna Hoffs at Chicago Humanities Festival • Chicago

| April 12, 2023 | 0 Comments

    Susanna Hofffs Chicago Humanities Festival Chop Shop, Chicago April 13, 2023 By  Tom Lanham “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Charles Dickens once drily observed. And nobody could relate better to such innate situational irony than any contemporary artist — someone who traditionally creates to earn a […]

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Cover Story: Sophie and the Giants

Cover Story: Sophie and the Giants

| December 31, 2021 | 0 Comments

This is the way the Universe works if you’re open to the experience. Ever since we collectively lurched into these dark, foreboding waters of the coronavirus, you might have found yourself getting swallowed up by its inky blackness, losing sight of any easily-identifiable landmarks on shore, artistic or pop-cultural harbors where you could safely drop […]

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