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Cajmere

For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house during the 1990s, Curtis A. Jones acted as quite a renaissance leader. Besides donning his straightahead house guise Cajmere and a flamboyant, neon-haired acid-house alter-ego named Green Velvet for several of the most memorable underground house tracks of the decade (including "Preacher Man," "Answering Machine" "Brighter Days" and "Flash"), Jones helmed the two most respected labels in the new school of Chicago house, Cajual and Relief.

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The Cool Kids

The Cool Kids are a hip hop duo based in Chicago, Illinois consisting of Antoine "Sir Michael Rocks" Reed and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll (originally from Mount Clemens, MI). They are signed to the independent Chocolate Industries via their own label C.A.K.E. Recordings. After meeting in 2005, and releasing three mixtapes onto the internet through their MySpace page, they released their debut EP The Bake Sale in 2008.

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not as good as Wu-Tang Clan

investigation pending

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Harm's Way

Harm's Way is a hardcore band from Chicago, IL. Discography:
Imprisoned 7" (Organized Crime Records)
S/T 7" (Organized Crime Records)
Reality Approaches (LP) (Organized Crime Records)
No Gods, No Masters (EP) (Closed Casket Activities)
Isolation (LP) (Close Casket Activities)

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Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Led by Maurice White, they are best known for their hits of the 1970s, among them "After the Love Has Gone", "September," "Reasons," "Fantasy" and "Shining Star." Earth, Wind & Fire became the first black performers to headline throughout the world without an opening act, to receive Madison Square Garden's Gold Ticket Award for selling more than 100,000 tickets and to receive the Columbia Records Crystal Globe Award for selling more than five million albums in foreign markets.

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shit only a fag would listen to

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Jody Watley

She’s an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the 80s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her recordings. With an amazing 32 Top Ten Singles and 13 No. 1 Singles in the R&B, pop and dance music genres over the past three decades – including such classics as “Looking For A New Love...

Quake

There are at least three artists with this name: 1) a metal band from Chicago, Illinois
2) a house band from the U.K.
3) a Canadian rapper 1) Quake (Chicago)
http://www.facebook.com/QuakeIL
http://quakeband.bandcamp.com A metal band from Chicago formed in the summer of 2012.
First EP released in July 2013
In the works of a full length album, to be released in late 2014 2) Quake (U.K.) Real Name: Ian Bland & Rob Tissera
Aliases: RT Project
Members: Ian Bland, Rob Tissera 3) Quake (Canada)

The Heligoats

The Heligoats are an indie/rock band out of bellingham washington. Webpage: www.theheligoats.com
Label: Greyday Records www.greydayproductions.com From NPR:
The Heligoats — a strange name for a guy strumming a guitar, but oddly befitting someone who stuffs his songs with so many sideways ideas and observations. Given the yarns he spins here, it's easy to imagine Otepka envisioning a herd of goats with propellers and setting the concept to music. From Daytrotter:

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Brendan Kelly

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Brendan Kelly (born September 8, 1976) is the bassist and co-vocalist of Chicago punk band The Lawrence Arms, as well as guitarist/lead vocalist of The Falcon. Kelly's former bands include Slapstick and The Broadways. He is known for his raspy vocals and drunken demeanor. Kelly graduated from Northwestern University. In 2004, he appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in a correspondent piece by Ed Helms entitled "The Clash." He has a blog called Bad Sandwich Chronicles.

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Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs". Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances closely mirrored Mitchell's inflections and guitar tunings.

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female singer-songwriters

driving music

Female Tribute To Tom Waits

adult alternative-contemporary

female singer-songwriter

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The Copyrights

Formed in 2002, The Copyrights are a pop-punk band hailing from Carbondale, Southern Illinois made up of Brett Hunter (vocals, guitar) Jeff Funburg (vocals, guitar), Adam Fletcher (vocals, bass), and Luke McNeill (drums). They have released five full-length albums and four EPs and are currently signed to Red Scare Industries. Their latest album, North Sentinel Island, was released August 9th, 2011.

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