TCR Mixtape No. 49: Warm Love Cool Dreams 2026 Day Two
We’re inching closer and closer to the Memorial Day weekend and we couldn’t be more excited for Warm Love Cool Dreams! The two day festival is back at The Salt […]
TCR Mixtape No. 48: Warm Love Cool Dreams 2026 Day One
It may be a little chilling up to this weekend up but fret not! The weekend looks like it’ll be perfectly pleasant for an amazing festival as Warm Love Cool […]
Review: Evgeny Kissin Brings His Extraordinary Playing Back to Symphony Center
For the third time in a month, pianist extraordinaire Evgeny Kissin graced the stage at Symphony Center with his powerful and dramatic technique on Sunday. The first two times he […]
Review: Distance and Discovery Frame the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Finale
For their final program of the 2025–26 season, the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians—drawn from the Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—offered a thoughtful look at how geographic displacement can […]
Review: Ivy’s Traces of You Tour Comes to Park West
After last year’s release of Traces of You, a brand-new record based around abandoned song fragments from their archives, the thought of Ivy playing live in 2026 seemed too fanciful […]
Interview: Chicago’s Stacy Garrop Does What She Was Destined to Do: Compose Excellent Music on Invictus, a New Release on Cedille Records
Some people are just born to do something surprising. They start out life in an everyday, normal way. Then, out of nowhere, a lightbulb or a spark goes off and […]
Preview: Neptune’s Core Makes It Easy to Love “Lemon Car”
Neptune’s Core’s journey has been quite the ride. The band consists of two sets of sisters, Hannah qnd Sofie Richter and Jackie an Kaitlin Cywinski, who have been playing together […]
Review: Nova Linea Musica Celebrates Jewish Composers and Movements of the Spirit with L’dor V’Dor
In a moving and joyous concert at the acoustically perfect Guarneri Hall, Nova Linea Musica presented its first vocal program, L’dor V’dor, which is Hebrew for “from generation to generation.” […]
Preview: Symphony Center Jazz 2026-27 Will Be a Memorable Tribute to Legacy and Excellence
Symphony Center Presents (SCP) has announced the 2026/27 constellation of Jazz excellence, which will include centennials for past Jazz luminaries. Their vision and skill have landed on the shoulders of […]
Review: Dry Cleaning Leaves Thalia Hall Enamored with Secret Love
When I first came across Dry Cleaning‘s debut album New Long Leg, I was completely enthralled. Their sound is indebted to post-punk aesthetics with Tom Dowse’s red hot guitar line […]
Interview: Ivy to Pay Tribute to Adam Schlesinger at Park West
In 1991, Andy Chase placed an ad in New York’s renowned Village Voice seeking musicians who shared his eclectic tastes. One response stood out from the rest: Adam Schlesinger, a […]
Review: Star of the Sea Is a Revelation of Music for the Virgin Mary from Colonial Guatemala
Bella Voce returned to St. Luke’s Episcopal in Evanston for Star of the Sea: Music for Mary from Colonial Guatemala on Sunday. This excellent program featured a Renaissance Mass by composer […]