Chicago's pop indie duo My Gold Mask has recently released their third EP - "A Million Miles (From Where We Were Last)".Vocalist/percussionist Gretta Rochelle and guitarist Jack Armondo join MusicVox host Jesse Menendez to talk about the EP, how

Aja Monet is an award winning and internationally recognized performance poet. Her debut EP "Scared To Make Love / Scared Not To" is out with all proceeds benefiting her relief work in Haiti.

Brent Amaker and The Rodeo perform original country tunes a-la Johnny Cash but deliver in the spirit of Devo and David Bowie.

Pete Rock & CL Smooth is by far one of the most influential Hip Hop groups from 1990's. The duo hails from Mount Vernon in New York. They released their first album "All Souled Out" in '91. They followed that with '92's classic Hip Hop album "Mecca and the Soul Brother".

The Luna Blues Machine is a Latin acoustic Soul trio from Chicago. Or are they Urban Folk? Singers Belinda and Maritza seem to disagree... But whatever the label, their songs are rich with beautiful vocal harmonies and poetic lyrics.

Every Wednesday on Vocalo's MusicVox (M-F 7-9pm) we host live on-air performances by bands from all across Chicago and the region. Last Wednesday (9/15) was no exception - we packed the Mabie Performance Studio with a big band The Right Now. Big in every sense - sound, success and numbers.

No no no, this is not the producer of Metallica and Motley Crew, this is Pilsen's MC Bob Rok. Mr Rok is a "usual suspect" when it comes to Chicago's underground Hip Hop scene. But he claims his songs are more folk than Hip Hop in nature.