It came with no surprise that Djo, the viral musical moniker of actor and musician Joe Keery, took over Chicago’s Lollapalooza Music Festival over the last week! Not only was […]
It was a dark and stormy night. … Well, it seemed like it was going to be, but the Grant Park Orchestra managed to perform its regularly scheduled concert at […]
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. And with today being Bandcamp Friday, […]
With Marin Alsop conducting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its summer residency at Ravinia late Sunday afternoon with a passionate performance of two classical chestnuts, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, No. […]
The duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein has left an indelible legacy in American music. Indeed, they created the golden age of Broadway musicals and a canon of songs […]
Generally speaking, we all have those certain artists that we grew up listening to thanks to our parents’ own music tastes. Last week, multi-Latin Grammy winner and Colombian idol, Juanes […]
Concert Theatre Works presented Secret Byrd, an immersive performance of the Mass for Five Voices, a Catholic Mass by William Byrd, a Renaissance-era English composer. Vocals were provided by the […]
With Marin Alsop at the helm, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus gave a huge performance of a gargantuan symphony in the Pavilion at Ravinia on Friday night. The chorus […]
Unless you are a theater nerd (guilty) or above a “certain age” (ahem, also guilty), you may not know that before they were global mega-stars, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett […]
Although originally hailing from Cleveland’s vivacious DIY indie scene, Smut set up shop in our little town of Chicago, earning their keep by releasing one of the greatest Chicago indie […]
Expectations always run high when Chucho Valdés heads a bill. With well over a half century creating and performing superlative music, the legendary multi-Grammy winning Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer has […]
This article was written by Wendy Davis. Bermuda Search Party made their anticipated return to the Windy City in June, supporting their friends Cat Empire on their current tour run. […]