Making your living as an artist has never been an easy path, but it was particularly difficult in America from the late 1940s to the early 1960s during the Second Red Scare […]
In an imaginative whim of programming, Jane Glover and the Music of the Baroque orchestra mined Haydn’s very early career and Mozart’s maturing phase to cobble together “From Dawn to Dusk,” an […]
Tucked away in the seemingly top secret, instrument adorned “music room” of Soho House Chicago, Eryn Allen Kane hosted an after show following her first ever solo and, might I add, sold-out […]
The blues are an inherently paradoxical art form when they make a public appearance—misery with the travails of life transmuted into joyful music. Last night at Rosa’s Lounge, Lil’ Ed and the […]
They say the best cure for cold is moving around. If that’s the case, the Diet Cig show last night at Subterranean was probably the healthiest thing that’s happened in the city […]
Whenever music finds itself in less than typical venues, the result are often spectacular. I’ve seen ethereal sounds under the greenery of Garfield Park Conservatory and tender indie rock at Fourth Presbyterian […]
When I interviewed Grizfolk for a feature in Paste Magazine last month, they were gearing up for their first headlining tour. I asked them what they had learned opening for bands like Bastille, […]
My best friend and I have a habit of sending each other links to new songs, artists and articles. Inspirational quotes, celeb gossip and mixtape leaks breathe in between our routine. Throughout […]
I knew I was in for a wild, primal evening of music at Lincoln Hall for the second night of Tomorrow Never Knows. With a name like All Them Witches and an […]
