The word jazz evolved over many decades into so many innovations and sub-genres that it is hard to encompass in a multi-day festival. Yet the three performances presented over two hours at the […]
It’s always a good day when Divino Niño releases a new song. It’s been just over a year since they released the ethereal track “Made Up My Mind” and over two years […]
Lineups don’t get much more in sync as Ganser and Ohmme taking over Thalia Hall. CHIRP really did a number on this as the bands have so much in common. They both […]
The humidity that has made this one of Chicago’s least pleasant summers lifted for last weekend. It was perfect timing for the Grant Park Music Festival‘s airy Classic Broadway, its traditional immersion […]
Suppose you walked into the Grant Park Music Festival concert last weekend at the beginning of the featured composition. You didn’t know what piece was going to be performed and didn’t pick up a program. The […]
Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95—better known as The New World Symphony—was the featured piece at this past weekend’s Grant Park Music Festival. The Grant Park Orchestra performed this well-loved piece, […]
Grant Park Music Festival Conductor Carlos Kalmar coyly hinted that the audience should expect the unexpected during his introduction to Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82. Kalmar, at […]
Music runs the gamut of moods, and the Grant Park Music Festival covered much of that ground just within the first three programs of its 2021 season. The Independence Day Salute (July […]
Many attendees at the Grant Park Music Festival concert on Wednesday (July 7) were there to see the finale, a live performance of the William Tell Overture (aka The Lone Ranger theme song). […]
We’re inching closer and closer to the release of Jyroscope latest EP, Happy Medium. The hip-hop group consisting of I.B. Fokuz, Collasoul Structure and DJ Seanile are collaborating with producer Montana Macks […]
In past years, the Grant Park Music Festival’s Independence Day Salute came a few weeks into its outdoor season. While rich in nostalgia and patriotic sentiment, the concert had become a routine […]
You might know Mike Lust as the frontman for Tight Phantomz, whose Silk Prison still stands as an impressive entry into the battle of the double albums over the decades. But most […]
