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The title is the address of the now-closed Chicago dance club Sonotheque, where I was introduced to the sweet sounds of the Windy City Soul Club. The owner closed Sonotheque in November, and it will so …

I have the greatest landlord in the world. He hasn't raised my rent, he's quick to fix things around the building and he even calls to check in when he thinks I'm in trouble or something is wrong. Basi …

Gettin' ready for soul night with the Windy City Soul Club on Friday at Sonotheque in Chicago.

For a co-worker I was talking to the other night about soul music. Somehow she knew Brenton Wood (probably because "The Oogum Boogum Song" was in "Almost Famous") but wasn't familiar with other singers …

Old school classics for a brother in need of some funkin' up!

meant for the dance and pool parties of summertime

meant for the dance and pool parties of summertime

I've always loved soul music. But it was a party just this past April that turned that love into a full-on obsession. My frie_nds and I had gone to The Green Eye, a bar in Chicago's Bucktown neighborho …