Review: Whitney Celebrates Empty Bottle with Small Talk
Empty Bottle is celebrating their 33 1/3 anniversary with a slew of shows that really capture what the small bar venue is all about. In their big lineup there seems […]
Review: An Evening With David Byrne Is An Evening to Remember at the Auditorium Theatre
It’s been 50 years since David Byrne first introduced his trademark brand of quirky pop-punk/world music fusion to audiences as the frontman of Talking Heads—note the lack of “the” in […]
Review: An Exuberant Nova Linea Musica Evening with Owls at Guarneri Hall
I felt an extra sense of excitement about going to Guarneri Hall on a windy evening. Nova Linea Musica presents the finest chamber music experience in Chicago, and the performers […]
Review: Herbie Hancock Is Still a Jazz Master in His Fifth Symphony Center Performance
Herbie Hancock landed in Chicago for his fifth appearance in a Symphony Center Presents Jazz performance. His band included another jazz master, Terence Blanchard on the trumpet, James Genus on […]
Review: Muti Leads the CSO Through a Rousing Performance of Dvořák, Hindemith, and Strauss Jr.
Maestro Riccardo Muti returned to Symphony Center to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through a rousing program of 19th and 20th century music on Thursday evening. Following an overture by […]
Review: Indigo De Souza Takes Thalia Hall to the Precipice
“This s new type of set so I may mess things up” uttered Indigo De Souza during her Thalia Hall set. This playful warning was understandable as this show was […]
Feature: Bob Mould Is Tank Man / Electrical Audio Is Mecca
Bob Mould seems to be comfortable alone. He’s released 15 solo albums since 1989’s Workbook and is currently touring to support his most recent offering, Here We Go Crazy. Even […]
Review: Ear Taxi Festival Continues With the Soaring Compositions of Gustavo Leone on the Magnificent Mile
The stunning Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church was the scene of an incredible immersive experience in new music on Tuesday evening. In a program entitled Viaggio Profondo: An Homage […]
Review: Chicago Opera Theater Gives a Delightful Performance of Shakespearean Opera Arias and Rarely Heard Gems from the Bard
The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presented Shakespeare Sings last weekend, an excellent concert of arias from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Britten, and other composers whose works are performed less frequently. […]
Review: Rachael Yamagata Returns With Her Entrancing Blend Of Starlit Alchemy
It’s been a while since we last heard new music from one-time-Chicagoan Rachael Yamagata. Hard to believe her last album Tightrope Walker came out nine years ago, but her time […]
Review: Brian Dunne Survives a Rental Car Horror Story to Rock Beat Kitchen
Brian Dunne is a talented musician and a gem of a human being. I knew from our conversation last week that he had great taste in music and seemed like […]
Review: Wry Witticism and Backbreaking Sincerity—Geese and the Shape of Rock to Come
“You don’t have to waste your time/Hiking up a hundred hills/You don’t have to, but I will”-“Husbands” “When I went deaf I used my eyes/They stood me in line ‘til […]