The front of the stage at Symphony Center was cluttered with marimbas, vibraphones, wood slabs, cymbals, crotales, and other gear as Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion opened the Civic Orchestra of […]
The Dandy Warhols are currently on tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s existence. I didn’t discover them until 1997—some Columbia reps used to come into Danny’s when I […]
On Monday night, singer-songwriter Matt Maeson stared out into a packed house and told the story of playing Schuba’s a few years back. He said that soon after he was […]
I jumped onto the Orville Peck train a little late, only having discovered him on Twitter a few weeks ago. It wasn’t even his sound that lured me in, but […]
Maybe it’s because I worked all day, maybe it’s because I’m 31 but secretly 80 on the inside, but I was really tired when I got to the Empty Bottle […]
Swedish singer and songwriter, ionnalee, brought an out of this world performance to the Bottom Lounge Sunday evening on her “Remember The Future” headlining U.S. tour. ionnalee’s dancy electropop style, […]
Partner’s 2017 debut album In Search of Lost Time still logs regular listens in my household. It’s an album filled with catchy guitar pop that lays heavy on the distortion […]
Symphony Center Presents resumed its strike-interrupted season on Wednesday night with violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Evgeny Kissin offering a program of repertoire standards. The pairing of Kissin, who, in […]
[soliloquy id=”50794″] It’s no surprise that California rock band, Bad Suns, played a sold-out show at the House of Blues on Saturday night. Bad Suns uplifted the stormy vibe with […]
While Bach Week was kicking off at Nichols Auditorium in Evanston, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour were giving a Bach recital of their own at the Logan […]
We’re slowly stumbling into another season; luckily this one precedes the glorious festival season. A duo of Chicago’s very own open the night with Claude and Sen Morimoto, each entertaining […]
North Coast Music Festival, Chicago’s annual cap to the summer festival season, is back! NCMF has reached a big milestone as this year they will be celebrating their tenth […]