“I think I’ve always been a woman that initiates action,” said musician Kate Fagan. Fagan, who has performed as a solo artist and as a member of the influential Chicago ska band Heavy Manners, is ...

Before she began fronting trailblazing Chicago ska band Heavy Manners in the early 80s, Kate Fagan was a new-wave powerhouse. Her 1980 single “I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool” became the best-selling local ...

Fagan assumes the role after running Prescription Songs in Nashville. By Melinda Newman Mom+Pop Music has become the latest coastal label to open an office in Music City, naming Katie Fagan as ...

As her catalogue is reissued, the Chicago club kid dishes on why Windy City’s DIY scene outshone NYC, and how she hit out against Reagan and hustled for the spotlight When a record label contacted her ...