Moses Asch created Folkways Records in 1948 to document the beautiful and extraordinary diversity of human expression through sound.
All posts by Paul Mason Fotsch
Happy Birthday
From Chicago’s Maxwell Street to Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, it can be a dog eat dog world.
The Article
Harvey’s Chicken Shack is one of many little restaurants in Chicago’s Bronzeville that may have faded from memory. But with the help of archivists like those at The Obsidian Collection, the role these small businesses played in the community might be preserved.
Cooperative Living
In the 1980s, clothing was optional at Madison Wisconsin’s Nottingham Coop.
Dreamerz
In the late 1980s, Club Dreamerz on Milwaukee Avenue marked Wicker Park’s transition from old immigrant neighborhood to trendy tech hub.
