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 […]
With C2E2 happening last weekend I took my time to steer away from the drama surrounding its owners, ReedPop, and instead decided to focus on the people building communities locally. […]
Around 30 years after Rent first appeared in New York, Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal brought an anniversary concert to the Athenaeum Center last Thursday night and delivered an electric […]
We’re approaching the middle of April so you know that means it’s time for record collectors’ big day! Record Store Day this Saturday, April 18, is the time when record […]
This summer’s music festival lineups are shaping up to be pretty fantastic and we can add one more to the list. Back in February Sound & Gravity announced the second […]
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 […]
Following last weekend’s excellent performances at the Sun Valley Music Festival, violinist Benjamin Beilman joined pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel at Harris Theater on Thursday evening. This was […]