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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>

Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie to perform in Chicago in June

May 23, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

Make room next to your "Buckingham & Nicks" record for Buckingham & McVie, who visit Chicago for a tour stop in June. The longtime Fleetwood Mac bandmates are hitting the...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
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Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan to close Milwaukee’s Summerfest

May 23, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

The 50th celebration of Milwaukee's Summerfest will close with the return of Willie Nelson's curated Outlaw Music Festival, which includes performances from Nelson, Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, Margo Price, Sheryl...

Kanye West launches jewelry line

December 17, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

Kanye West quietly launched a jewelry line today, produced in partnership with "King of Bling," Jacob Arabo (a.k.a. Jacob the Jeweler) of Jacob & Co. The 12-piece, gilded collection launched...

Chance the Rapper builds buzz around Magnificent Coloring World 2 event

May 23, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

Chance the Rapper is ready for Magnificent Coloring World, Round 2. In May 2016, Chance the Rapper had friends and fans alike out to take part in his Magnificent Coloring...

David Ross, Mr. T come up aces on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

December 17, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

David Ross, Mr. T and Nick Viall all live to dance another week. Monday night's "Dancing with the Stars" was Vegas-themed, with the contestants dancing to Elvis' classic "Boss Nova,...

How to buy a turntable

May 23, 2019 at 8:57 a.m.

Vinyl is back and in a big way. In a world where tangibility seems almost intangible, physically holding a record sleeve and reading liner notes while the record spins on...

2017 Millennium Park Summer Music Series lineup announced

June 5, 2018 at 8:53 a.m.

Summer concerts are a staple of Chicago's music scene and Millennium Park is again offering a season of free shows. Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has scheduled...

Phish playing three nights at Northerly Island in July

December 17, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

Phish announced additional dates of its summer tour, which now includes three nights at Northerly Island. Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell and Jon Fishman's newly unveiled shows will take...

Aretha Franklin is still the queen, and the keeper, of soul

December 17, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

In 1967 at the Regal Theater in Chicago, WVON radio's Pervis Spann presided over a coronation of sorts. A crown was placed on the head of a gifted, 25-year-old singer...

Frontwoman Fest making noise in 3rd year of event

December 17, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

"Female-fronted" is often treated like its own musical genre, talked about with a groan and a sigh, the conversation shifting from the music itself to the stigma many women musicians...

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