Who We’re Excited to See at Pitchfork Music Festival 2024!
It’s one of our favorite weekends of the year as the prime summer treat that is Pitchfork Music Festival makes its way back to Union Park. This is your chance […]
TCR Mixtape No. 44: Pitchfork Music Festival 2024
The rain and thunder came early this year and it’s looking like clear skies (knock on wood) for Pitchfork Music Festival! Once again the Union Park celebration of indie music […]
Review: Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus Offers Stephenson, Beethoven, and a Beautiful Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
On yet another lovely evening, the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus gave an equally lovely performance on Friday at Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Leading the orchestra and chorus was Giancarlo Guerrero […]
Review: Grant Park Orchestra Continues to Delight With Contemporary Works and a Tchaikovsky Classic
Returning to Jay Pritzker Pavilion from a weekend next door at Harris Theater, on Wednesday evening Ludovic Morlot led the Grant Park Orchestra in a delightful follow-up to last week’s […]
Review: Grant Park Festival Offers an Evening of Bliss
Following a stormy day filled with ominous clouds, a surprisingly blissful evening offered the perfect setting for a blissful performance by the Grant Park Orchestra on Wednesday evening. French conductor […]
Review: Mdou Moctar Jams Out at Thalia Hall
I’m always on the hunt for fresh and unique sounding music and upon my first listen to the Tuareg native rock band; Mdou Moctar, last year I was instantly drawn […]
Review: Purple Onyx Productions Celebrates Prince’s Purple Rain at Funky 40
Next week is the 40th anniversary of the date that Prince’s album, Purple Rain, hit the airwaves; the film appeared in movie theaters a month later. I did not have […]
Review: Orville Peck Rounds Up His Stampede Tour to the Aragon Ballroom
Orville Peck is no stranger to the limelight having been thrust into it immediately after his debut album Pony, deservedly so. And with his star ever rising, this is his […]
Dialogs: Reggie Watts Celebrates Glorious Black Nerds at the Old Town School
Reggie Watts is far more than James Corden’s bandleader on the former The Late Late Show. He’s an innovative musician (keyboard, looping machine, beatboxer), dry comedian, wearer of cool geometric […]
Review: Róisín Murphy Delivers a Shapeshifting Electropop Dance Party at the Riviera Theatre
Róisín Murphy is a powerhouse performer. The Irish electropop artist vamps, dances, and whirls from one end of the stage to the other throughout the show. She changes into a […]
Review: Grant Park Music Festival Opens a Hit-Filled Season
On the first truly summery evening of the year, the Grant Park Music Festival opened its 90th season in excellent fashion at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday. With […]
Review: Khruangbin Clears the Skies for Their Ethereal Set at Salt Shed
Khruangbin scratches an itch in my brain that not many other bands can really do for me. You don’t often come across bands like this remarkable trio of psychedelic geniuses […]