Tale of the tapes: Naked Raygun and Eleventh Dream Day create new albums from an essential Chicago archive
A 1985 Naked Raygun show has become a limited-edition vinyl album.
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Review: Willie Nelson headlines Outlaw Music Festival, a day heavy with memories of Dolly Parton
With his sons Lukas and Micah seated on either side of him onstage, Willie Nelson leaned to his microphone and murmured, “I’m the last leaf on the tree. The autumn...
Review: Happy 90th birthday, Buddy Guy — you still set the standard for getting the blues
As members of his family and the capacity crowd at the Chicago Theatre serenaded Buddy Guy with Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” on Saturday night, Guy began a wrenching guitar solo...
Chicago Blues Festival: Living legends, longtime fans and a shout-out to Alligator Records
Musicians and standard-bearers Ronnie Baker Brooks and C.J. Chenier, plus a tribute to Billy Branch, were highlights on Friday in Millennium Park.
Blues Fest rocked in its new home
Gary Clark Jr. is a cool customer. During his nearly two-hour set Sunday at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the finale of this year's Chicago Blues Festival, Clark and...
The Fall Out Boy machine goes for a romp through United Center
Standing at the tip of a V-shaped catwalk poking out into the floor of the United Center, Patrick Stump led the crowd at Fall Out Boy's concert Saturday night in...
Review: Mumford & Sons at Montrose Beach, at last
Streaks of pink still lingered in the darkening sky as the lights of downtown skyscrapers gleamed in the distance and a sweet fiddle solo wafted through the air.It was a...
Review: Death Cab for Cutie at Chicago Theatre
Death Cab For Cutie is a band divided more than ever between want and fulfillment, past and present, body and mind. During the Seattle band's concert at the Chicago Theatre...
Review: Father John Misty preaches folk-pop at the Vic
It was Good Friday, and Father John Misty stood in front of his congregation, arms raised to the iconic image hanging from the ceiling – a neon light tracing the...
Promontory turns the music on in Hyde Park
A crowd sat at candlelit tables on which brightly colored drinks rested. Chandeliers glowed softly overhead, and plush red curtains covered the windows. In the back, customers ringed three sides...