The O’My’s are a gritty, yet polished duo made up of Maceo Vidal-Haymes and Nick Hennessey whose flavor of soul is much needed in the Strangest Summer Ever. They brought their full band to an empty Lincoln Hall Thursday, July 23rd in a show presented by STAGED, a new Audiotree livestream concert series. Jill Hopkins spoke with Maceo to learn how the band is adapting their performance style for a virtual audience

Recently, Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras was joined by guitarist/producer/arranger Jeff Parker. Known for his work in Tortoise, Chicago Underground, with the AACM – Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and Makaya McCraven, as well as his own solo work, he is part of the connective tissue of so many Chicago music scenes. He and Ayana talk about his latest album, Suite For Max Brown, his soulful approach towards making music, and about crate digging!