It’s Time to Landmark Chicago as Birthplace of House Music

House music was born in Chicago's Black and brown LGBTQ communities almost 50 years ago. Now preservationists and historians want to make Chicago’s status as the birthplace of house more official. They’ve proposed a plan to give The Warehouse landmark status. That’s the club in the West Loop where DJ Frankie Knuckles and others mixed sounds of electronic, dance, gospel, and soul to create house. Last year, host Jacoby Cochran spoke with the co-hosts of WNUR’s Vintage House Show, DJ Lori Branch and archivist Lauren Lowery, about the roots of house music, renewed interest in the movement, and the legacy of The Warehouse. 

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