Rihanna the best of all worlds
It's rare that pop superstars can successfully flaunt their sexuality, retain autonomy, push boundaries and provide creative substance....
Get the full story >>Honoring Big Bill, with music, book
This weekend, Old Town School of Folk Music will be paying tribute to a Chicago blues legend, the late singer and guitarist "Big Bill"...
Get the full story >>Head west for more blues on the Fox River
While the sounds of guitars are still reverberating in your head from the Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park, head west to the ...
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Anaphora: The Chicago-based ensemble bids farewell to member Matt Bronstein, a horn player, with works by Mozart and Dohnanyi...
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Grant Park Music Festival: Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, and vocal soloists, in Mendelssohn's rarely heard...
Get the full story >>Festival a big dose of Colombian culture
The monthlong Chicago Colombian Music Festival features some of the best singers, DJs and dancers in concerts, workshops,...
Get the full story >>The Go-Go's still got the beat
There was a time, an almost-long-time ago, when the Go-Go's were scrappy punk upstarts with something to prove. Though they may have joked...
Get the full story >>Beady Eye rises from ashes of Oasis implosion
After a backstage altercation one night in France in the summer of 2009, Oasis guitar player, chief lyricist and de facto leader, Noel...
Get the full story >>Kings Go Forth transcends trends
Andy Noble hates fads, least of all when they involve his band: Milwaukee's Kings Go Forth.
Get the full story >>Babyface has something special for dads
May is for moms, but this month the dudes get a bow with "A Tribute 2 Men," featuring a performance by Grammy Award-winning singer and...
Get the full story >>The mighty Chicago Jazz Orchestra settles in at Andy's
One of the great rituals of summertime jazz in Chicago has begun again: the Chicago Jazz Orchestra's Monday-night residency at Andy's Jazz...
Get the full story >>Fete de la Musique with a Chicago beat
Chicago has always been a city of global culture, so why not have our own Fete de la Musique (France is celebrating the 30th anniversary...
Get the full story >>25 years later, LL still knocking us out
Rapper and actor LL Cool J (whose real name is James Todd Smith) has got Something. It's that Something that has...
Get the full story >>How the Jazz Record Mart keeps swinging in the age of downloads
The traditional record store soon will be a distant memory, its stacks of CDs and LPs rendered obsolete by the Internet, downloading and...
Get the full story >>Madonna headed back to recording studio
If a triple-shot of new albums from Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Beyonce (leaked online already, but officially due June 28) haven’...
Get the full story >>Musiq's Philly sound is a soul saver
Musiq Soulchild is among a handful of artists giving soul music fans a sigh of relief. Soulchild changed the game when he...
Get the full story >>Gardens and parks filled with music
Your local parks and gardens are offering more than horticulture and recreation. Here are some summer music series to check out.
Get the full story >>Peter Gabriel's in orchestra mode
What do we think about an orchestral arrangement of "Shock the Monkey"? We think it might work, especially since the man himself, ...
Get the full story >>Kalmar, orchestra knock Grant Park festival opener out of the park, despite downpour
Perhaps they should have played Handel's "Water Music" instead.
Get the full story >>Sir Paul to grace Wrigley Field for July concert
Paul McCartney announced Monday that he will play his first Chicago concert since 2005 when he headlines July 31 at Wrigley Field.
Get the full story >>Springsteen says Clemons' health signs are 'encouraging'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock star Bruce Springsteen confirmed on Tuesday that saxophonist Clarence Clemons of his E Street Band has suffered...
Get the full story >>Daniel Lanois' Black Dub takes off in many directions
Daniel Lanois's renown as a producer (U2, Neil Young) is such that it often completely overshadows his reputation as a musician. That is,...
Get the full story >>Blues remain vital at Chicago Blues fest
Midway through his set at the Chicago Blues Festival Saturday evening, Carl Weathersby played a medley linking his song "My Baby" to first...
Get the full story >>What's an oldie anymore, anyway? Elvis … The Supremes … The Cars?
For music lovers who are old but not that old, there's a shock that comes with hearing The Cars and John Mellencamp on an oldies...
Get the full story >>Chorus musters honorable effort on behalf of Bach's towering B minor Mass
The North Shore Choral Society enjoys the distinction of being the oldest choral organization on Chicago's North Shore. Its longevity is...
Get the full story >>With Kalmar at helm, Grant Park looks to another summer of good music in a grand setting
When Carlos Kalmar gives the downbeat for the opening concert of the 77th Grant Park Music Festival on Wednesday night at the Jay Pritzker...
Get the full story >>Blues Fest ends in celebration, tribute to a local label
It was an evening of surprises, including a coronation, mayoral proclamations, and most remarkable of all, an all-star rendition of "Sweet...
Get the full story >>When the Wescott students met 'The Scottsboro Boys'
When they're handing out the Tony Awards on Sunday there will be an elite cheering section for "The Scottsboro Boys" on the South Side....
Get the full story >>Blues legend 'Honeyboy' Edwards cancels Blues Fest appearance
Chicago blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 95, has cancelled his Friday night appearance at the Chicago Blues Festival, inGrant Park.
Get the full story >>Katy Perry changes outfit 8 times during song
Watch as pop singer Katy Perry changes outfits several times during her performance of 'Hot N Cold' in Atlanta.
Get the full story >>Aurora's Maker gets around on Chicago's hip-hop scene
In the small, familial Chicago hip-hop scene, there are few producers who get around quite as much as Maker.
Get the full story >>Jascha Heifetz's vast recorded legacy lives on in hefty Sony omnibus
To Itzhak Perlman, he was, simply, "God." The greatest violin virtuoso of the 20th century. The violinist who almost singlehandedly...
Get the full story >>HBO's 'Treme' comes to the concert stage
How fitting: A music-driven TV show morphs into a concert.
Get the full story >>Late and erratic were Lauryn Hill's calling cards
"Pick it up, pick it up," Lauryn Hill instructed her five-piece band and three backup singers on Friday at the mostly empty Aragon Ballroom,...
Get the full story >>Guitarist Pat Martino leaps into the unexpected
"I don't usually do this," guitarist Pat Martino told a capacity audience Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase – before playing a note.
Get the full story >>Janelle Monae and Bruno Mars at Aragon
At least Bruno Mars possessed the nerve to go onstage after co-headliner Janelle Monae opened with the kind of wowing performance that isn't...
Get the full story >>NKOTBSB: Boy band love 4-EVA
Megan McBrearty is married with kids, in her late 30s, works as a mortgage broker, lives in Bartlett. And when she was 14 or so, in the late...
Get the full story >>'Glee' concert appeals to Gleeks in pep rally environment
On television, "Glee" sells the premise that members of the fictional glee club New Directions are outsiders, via story lines that address...
Get the full story >>Kaskade rides dance music wave
When drawing up what the next DJ/dance music producer/remix superstar looks like, the words "Mormon kid from leafy Chicago suburbs" are...
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