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Marvin Tate
Marvin Tate (born 1959) is an American artist, poet, and singer-songwriter from Chicago. Early life Tate was born in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago in 1959. Tate attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, studying with Sterling Plumpp. In 1983 Tate moved to New York City, moving back to Chicago in 1985. Career Tate lives and works in Chicago, IL. Tate is the author of ''Schoolyard of Broken Dreams'' (Tia Chucha Press, 1994) and ''The Amazing Mister Orange'' (Curbside Splendor, 2014). His honors include grants from the Poetry Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council. In the mid-1980s, Tate started performing at open mics and slam poetry competitions around the city, and was a regular participant in the Uptown Poetry Slam. In 1990, Tate became Chicago's poetry slam champion, after which he was featured on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. In the early 1990s Tate was a member of Uptighty, with Leroy Bach (Wilco) and Dan Bitney (Tortoise), and hosted a local tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen (born Angelina Marie Carroll; January 22, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. To date, Olsen has released six studio albums: ''Half Way Home'' (2012), ''Burn Your Fire for No Witness'' (2014), ''My Woman (album), My Woman'' (2016), ''All Mirrors'' (2019), ''Whole New Mess'' (2020), and ''Big Time (Angel Olsen album), Big Time'' (2022). Early life and education Angel Olsen was born on January 22, 1987, in St. Louis, Missouri. At age three, Olsen was adopted by a Foster care, foster family that had cared for her since shortly after her birth. The difference in years between her and her parents left an impression. "Because there are so many decades of difference between us, I became more interested in what their childhood was like," she says of her parents, both of whom died in 2021. "I fantasized about what it was like to be young in the ’30s and ’50s, more so than other kids my age." Olsen explain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |