Quick Spins: Violets, OK Cool, Danimal Farm, Post Animal
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. And with today being Bandcamp Friday, […]
Review: Marin Alsop, Stephen Williamson, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Give a Passionate Performance at Ravinia
With Marin Alsop conducting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its summer residency at Ravinia late Sunday afternoon with a passionate performance of two classical chestnuts, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, No. […]
Review: A Magical Night with Rodgers and Hammerstein in Millennium Park
The duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein has left an indelible legacy in American music. Indeed, they created the golden age of Broadway musicals and a canon of songs […]
Review: Juanes Sparks Midsummer Nostalgia at the Ravinia Festival
Generally speaking, we all have those certain artists that we grew up listening to thanks to our parents’ own music tastes. Last week, multi-Latin Grammy winner and Colombian idol, Juanes […]
Review: Secret Byrd Is an Adventure into the Sacred and Forbidden of the Renaissance
Concert Theatre Works presented Secret Byrd, an immersive performance of the Mass for Five Voices, a Catholic Mass by William Byrd, a Renaissance-era English composer. Vocals were provided by the […]
Review: Marin Alsop, the CSO and Chorus, Janai Brugger, and Sasha Cooke Are Exhilarating at Ravinia
With Marin Alsop at the helm, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus gave a huge performance of a gargantuan symphony in the Pavilion at Ravinia on Friday night. The chorus […]
Review: Broadway Luminaries Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara Shine Bright at Ravinia
Unless you are a theater nerd (guilty) or above a “certain age” (ahem, also guilty), you may not know that before they were global mega-stars, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett […]
Review: Smut Burns Passionately Like a Violet Sunset on Tomorrow Comes Crashing
Although originally hailing from Cleveland’s vivacious DIY indie scene, Smut set up shop in our little town of Chicago, earning their keep by releasing one of the greatest Chicago indie […]
Review: Pioneering Band Irakere Spreads Its Stardust on the North Shore
Expectations always run high when Chucho Valdés heads a bill. With well over a half century creating and performing superlative music, the legendary multi-Grammy winning Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer has […]
Interview: Beauty School Dropout Loves Everything About Chicago—Except One Thing
Beauty School Dropout has packed more into its first five years than most bands do in their entire careers. Championed by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, […]
Review: Bermuda Search Party Find Themselves Partying at Thalia Hall
This article was written by Wendy Davis. Bermuda Search Party made their anticipated return to the Windy City in June, supporting their friends Cat Empire on their current tour run. […]
Review: Osmo Vänskä, Paul Huang, and the Grant Park Orchestra Give a Lovely Performance in Millennium Park
The Grant Park Orchestra gave another lovely concert on another lovely evening at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park on Wednesday. This time, however, it was led by Osmo […]