In a city of unsung musical heroes, Charles Stepney may be one of the greatest. Stepney, who was a musician, producer, arranger and composer, worked with iconic artists like Earth, Wind & Fire, Minnie ...

The Chicago musician made his mark with Minnie Riperton and Earth, Wind & Fire at Chess Records. A new collection explores his previously unreleased solo work. By Marcus J. Moore Earth, Wind & Fire’s ...

The Stepney Sisters, (Eibur, Charlene and Chanté) and Duane Powell at Music Talk: Remembering Charles Stepney at the MCA in Chicago (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) Remembering Charles Stepney: ...

Chicago born, bred and buttered, the composer, arranger and producer Charles Stepney (1931-76) lived and worked on the porous boundary between jazz and funk which has existed since James Brown first ...

Way back in April toward the beginning of quarantine, Fiona Apple released her critically acclaimed Fetch the Bolt Cutters, which featured a moving song about a very real interaction she had with a ...

A top state secondary school, the award-winning regeneration of a tired council estate, a much-visited city farm with sheep, goats, chickens and ferrets, and a church which can date its ministry back ...