Bob Gendron – Page 22

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Alejandro Escovedo brings energy, rawness to City Winery set

December 17, 2018 at 5:19 p.m.

Alejandro Escovedo and an ace backing group performed at a professional space Thursday at City Winery, but they sure didn't act like it. Their go-for-broke spirit and amps-cranked-to-10 buzz suggested...

Review: Tedeschi Trucks, above all, honors the music

March 30, 2019 at 6:20 a.m.

If anyone in the packed crowd didn't like what Tedeschi Trucks Band was playing at a certain moment Thursday at Chicago Theatre, he or she had to wait only a...

Mary J. Blige, Maxwell full of spirit at United Center

June 8, 2018 at 4:19 p.m.

United by a commitment to traditionalism, Mary J. Blige and Maxwell delivered sets distinguished by differences in style and intent Wednesday at a packed United Center. Playing the last concert...

Nathaniel Rateliff reserved, Mavis Staples joyful at Chicago Theatre

December 17, 2018 at 5:25 p.m.

Nathaniel Rateliff channeled one Chicago music legend and invited another onstage at a retro-themed show Wednesday at a packed Chicago Theatre. Shortly into his set, the vocalist acknowledged the importance...

Conor Oberst gets up close and personal at Thalia Hall

December 17, 2018 at 5:27 p.m.

Conor Oberst got personal Saturday in front of a rare seated audience at Thalia Hall. Performing the first of a sold-out two-night stand, the Nebraska-born singer-songwriter devoted the first half...

Elvis Costello reaches deep for innovative Chicago Theatre set

June 12, 2018 at 3:49 a.m.

Elvis Costello is at the point in his career where he could've strolled into the Chicago Theatre on Saturday, gone on autopilot and satiated the sold-out audience with a greatest-hits...

Green Day gets back to its roots at the Aragon

June 9, 2018 at 8:10 a.m.

Playing its most intimate concert in Chicago in recent memory, Green Day's appearance at the Aragon on Sunday provided the first sign that the arena-vetted band aimed to get back...

Bob Weir revels in his own space at Chicago Theatre

June 9, 2018 at 8:50 a.m.

Bob Weir arrived at the Chicago Theatre on Thursday having played what he estimated to be more than 6,000 shows during his career. Yet at a great majority of those...

Shovels & Rope share instruments, chemistry, magic at Thalia Hall

June 9, 2018 at 12:57 p.m.

The two members of Shovels & Rope shared more than instruments Thursday during a vibrant 95-minute set at Thalia Hall. Amid continual trade-offs on drums, guitar and piano, Michael Trent...

Sigur Ros explores allure of the unknown at Chicago Theatre

June 9, 2018 at 1:56 p.m.

Sigur Rós played delicate, graceful music Friday at a sold-out Chicago Theatre that could have been plucked from a mobile spinning over a child's crib. The Icelandic band also conjured...

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