Burt Bacharach’s music is famously hard to play and all‑too‑easy to cheapen. The show’s excellent Chicago‑based band proves the former with dazzling precision, while the production ladles on the latter […]
I was first blown away by Stacy Garrop’s oratorio Terra Nostra when Cedille Records released it in 2024. In three parts, Garrop tells the story of our planet, starting with […]
Almost a year after his amazing solo recital in May 2025, and a month before his recital as a soloist, pianist Evgeny Kissin returned to Symphony Center on Thursday. Instead […]
There are few things deeper than the emotional connection that you make through music. Especially if that music touches a nerve and refuses to let go. Such is the case […]
Snail Mail, the acclaimed indie rock moniker of singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan, made their second stop on their North American tour at the Riviera Theatre last Saturday night. Jordan has proven […]
A great collaboration between Nova Linea Musica and Access Contemporary Music took place at The Checkout on Sunday. Violinist and NLM Artist in Residence Rabia Brooke led the NLM Piano […]
With careful direction by Scott Speck and virtuosic playing from violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, the Chicago Philharmonic blew away the audience with Camille Saint-Saëns’ violin concerto No. 3 in B-minor. […]
For the fourth year running, pianist/composer Amy Wurtz has celebrated Women’s History Month with livestream performances of music by women composers in each of the 31 days of March. While […]
He ambles onto the stage to the roar of the crowd. Within minutes—no, sooner—they are eating out of his hands. On a cold Saturday night in Pilsen, Colin Meloy, lead […]
In 2024, after a 25-year hiatus, Soul Coughing, one of the wildest and weirdest bands of the ’90s, reformed for the “We Said it Would Never Happen” tour. Much like […]
The Chicago Philharmonic returned to play a live soundtrack in the Philms at the Auditorium series, with guest conductor Thiago Tiberio on Saturday night. The occasion was the 45th anniversary […]
What is it with the UK and art rock? Seemingly every year, some group of university students stumbles into each other at a pub or cafe and decides to start […]