Jacob Arnold, Author at Gridface

Chocolate Buttermilk Band: Head Games, The Story of Larry Akles and CBM Music

By Jacob Arnold June 27, 2019 June 27, 2019 Features

The Chocolate Buttermilk Band has been a successful cover and backing band in the Southern United States for almost fifty years. Continue reading

By Jacob Arnold April 20, 2019 June 12, 2019 Features

9th Creation was one of the funkiest bands to emerge from the West Coast in the 1970s, but stardom was always just out of reach. Continue reading

One of the first Chicago house music labels was started by Mike Macharello.
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Courtesy of Marcus Chapman
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I wrote liner notes for this double-disc compilation due out Nov 17.
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By Jacob Arnold July 27, 2014 December 31, 2018 Chicago House

I wrote liner notes for this five-disc Harmless compilation out Aug 18.
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Murphy calls on four Chicago producers to remix his superb single from last spring.
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1987 was a pivotal year in Chicago’s short but sweet house music scene.
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I wrote liner notes for this Still Music compilation out Oct 15.
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I’m proud to share this project I worked on with Jerome Derradji at Still Music.
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