Kevin McKeough

Few performers can singlehandedly silence a crowded, noisy bar, but internationally renowned violinist Liz Carroll brought all Martyrs conversation to a halt with a haunting solo as she headlined an...

Cake Fashion Nugget (Capricorn) (star) (star) 1/2 This quintet can be insufferably smug, as they demonstrated with their radio hit "Rock and Roll Lifestyle," but they can be undeniably catchy...

Robbie Fulks Country Love Songs (Bloodshot) (star) (star) 1/2 When making country music--even alternative country--laced with dark, twisted humor it's better to have bar-band wonders the Skeletons helping out than...

On Saturday The Chenille Sisters will bring their own brand of 4-H club to Ravinia: call it hip, humorous, high energy and harmonious. They will sing some songs from their...

"From the time cavemen came back (from the hunt) and said, `You should've seen the woolly mammoth that got away,' people have told stories," says Nancy Donoval, a professional storyteller...

He sings about outlaws and bloodshed and flight to music that's as ferocious and reckless as his themes, but when Joe Ely performs, there are no victims, only witnesses. As...

Ass Ponys The Known Universe (A&M) (star) (star) (star) The trailer trash and other assorted misfits that populated the Ass Ponys' major label debut, "Electronic Rock Music," are gone, but...

Sun! Sand! Serves! Supermodel! They're all part of the Bud Light Pro Beach Volleyball League, which makes the fifth tournament stop of the 1996 season at North Avenue Beach Friday...

The Carpetbaggers Sin Now . . . Pray Later (Hightone) (star) (star) (star) "Well, I like CDs and electronics/And the Bulls by three over the SuperSonics," Carpetbaggers leader John Magnuson...

Dan Baird Buffalo Nickel (American) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 The wrecking crew rendition of the Joe South-penned Deep Purple classic "Hush" says it all, as the former Georgia Satellites leader...