Interview: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Revisits His Debut Album
Blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd wasn’t always a guitar god. After all, he didn’t start playing until the ripe old age of seven. His debut album, Ledbetter Heights, followed at […]
Review: The Elgin Master Chorale and Director/Conductor Andrew Lewis Produce a Masterful Performance of Stacy Garrop’s Terra Nostra in Elgin
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 […]
Interview: Waxed is Ready to Melt Faces at Reggies
Four years after releasing their debut album Give Up, Nashville’s Waxed is back with The Continental Way, 44 minutes of face-melting, riff-driven rockers. The band, which opened for no less […]
Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin Joins Andre Boreyko and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for an Excellent Concert at Symphony Center
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 […]
Review: Melancholy Never Sounded As Good As It Does With the Antlers and TOTH
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 […]
Review: Snail Mail Welcomes Spring at the Riviera Theatre
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 […]
Review: Rapp and Pascal Revisit Rent (and More) at the Athenaeum Center
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 […]
Your Guide to Record Store Day 2026 in Chicago and Beyond
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 […]
Preview: Sound & Gravity Returns for Another Year of Amazing Music
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 […]
Review: Njioma Grevious, Scott Speck, and the Chicago Philharmonic Perform with “Wow” Moments at the Studebaker Theater
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. […]
Review: Amy Wurtz Celebrates Women’s History Month with Daily Livestream Performances and a Closing Recital
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 […]
Review: Mournful with a Sweet Melancholy—Colin Meloy at Thalia Hall
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 […]