Review: Aly & AJ Add Some Nostalgia to Their Lively Show at House of Blues
If you grew up watching Disney channel in the mid 2000s, chances are you know who Aly & AJ are. After a long 10-year musical hiatus, sisters Aly & AJ […]
Preview: 49th Annual Bach Week Festival Starts This Sunday
The 49th annual Bach Week Festival will feature a series of concerts running three weeks in Chicago and Evanston starting this Sunday, April 24. Last year’s festival was my first […]
Sacred Rose Festival Kicks Off This Summer and There’s No Thorn in This Lineup
The inaugural Sacred Rose kicks off late this summer, bringing a much-needed cross-genre fest with a strong hippie presence to Chicago. The three-day festival will run from Friday, Aug. 26 […]
Blue Cove Blend the Right Amount of Energy into Their Sound on Their Latest Singles
Blue Cove is the duo of singer-songwriter Stephanie Nikolas and multi-instrumentalist Eric Breden, a pair of high school friends turned romantic and musical partners. The two released a trio of […]
3CR’s Guide to Record Store Day 2022 in Chicago and Beyond
It’s time for Record Store Day to celebrate 15 years of fantastic vinyl exclusives! Since COVID-19 forced the annual day of record store celebration to split into three in 2020 […]
Review: Herbert and Yang Deliver in Night 2 of Beethoven Cello Sonatas
It’s always a great sign when I exit a concert mumbling “wonderful,” but that’s what I was saying Wednesday night after cellist Oliver Herbert and Pianist Xiaohui Yang finished their […]
Review/Preview: Guarneri Hall’s Warm Sound Enhances Night 1 of Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Cellist Oliver Herbert and Pianist Xiaohui Yang offered lively and engrossing performances of two of Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonatas for cello and piano last night at Guarneri Hall. It was […]
Review: Spektral Quartet’s Enigma at Adler Planetarium Was So-So
To this music aficionado, few things are more disappointing than going to a performance, expecting to be blown away, wanting to be blown away–but ending up walking away and thinking, […]
Review: Sasami Reshaped Metal Music to Her Liking
It’s pretty easy to determine whether there will be moshing at a concert before you arrive depending on the music genre. In Sasami’s case, her shift from soft shoegaze indie-rock […]
Review: Man on Man Brought the Noise to Sleeping Village
Snow in late March is usually the last thing anyone wants but it made for a magical night with Man on Man at Sleeping Village this past Thursday. After releasing […]
Out of Space’s Lineup at Temperance Beer Co. Is Perfect for Summer
After having to take 2020 off, Out of Space (put on by the wonderful Evanston SPACE organizers) reignited it’s outdoor festival for an amazing outing. The fest featured a great […]
Review: Trixie and Katya Go Above and Beyond at Auditorium Theatre
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a good show on a Monday night. Walking into the Auditorium Theatre, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from drag queens Trixie Mattel and […]