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wikipedia)
As the largest non-coastal United States city, Chicago, Illinois was
the major center for music in the midwestern United States, especially
in the early 1900s, when the "Great Migration" of poor black
workers from the South into the industrial cities brought traditional
jazz and blues music to Chicago, resulting in the urban variants Chicago
blues and "Chicago-style" Dixieland jazz. Notable blues artists
included Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson;
jazz greats included Nat King Cole, Gene Ammons, Benny Goodman and Bud
Freeman. Chicago is also well known for its soul music. Chicago has
also been home to a thriving folk music scene, particularly in the 1960s
and 1970s. John Prine, Steve Goodman and Bonnie Koloc were the most
prominent folk singer-songwriters of that time. The city is also the
birthplace of the House music of music, whose history is related to
the development and fostering of the Techno style of music in Detroit,
Michigan. Over the 1980s and 1990s the Chicago rock music scene became
very popular, especially the heavy rock and punk rock scene, as it is
still today. The Hip Hop scene in Chicago is also very influential and
popular, with major artists including Kanye West, Twista, Common, Lupe
Fiasco, Da Brat, Yung Berg and Shawnna. Chicago also has a growing underground
metal scene that is taking shape right now, with groundbreaking bands
such as Sweet Cobra, Veil Of Maya, Nachtmystium, Plague Bringer, Born
Of Osiris, Indian, Lair Of The Minotaur, and Enjoy The Massacre, each
making a severe impact in the metal world.
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