Andy Argyrakis, Author at Chicago Concert Reviews

Better Than Ezra on ’90s, now, Taylor Swift’s cover and Under The Sun Tour

Twenty years after “Good” topped the rock charts, Better Than Ezra is back to recording and hitting the road, all while keeping a fairly high profile thanks to several [More…]

Harry Connick Jr. shares spicy musical gumbo during Ravinia return

From his standards-centered “When Harry Met Sally” soundtrack breakthrough through dozens of albums featuring everything from jazz to piano pop, New Orleans inspirations [More…]

Walk the Moon at Lollapalooza

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Lollapalooza’s Saturday showdown: Metallica rocks, Sam Smith croons

Topping the sheer magnitude of Paul McCartney’s Lollapalooza headlining slot on Friday may have been impossible, but following up with one of the most enduring hard rock [More…]

McCartney leads Lollapalooza on “Magical Mystery Tour” through The Beatles and beyond

Over the years, Lollapalooza has hosted practically every modern rocker, rapper and alternative pop star on earth, but 2015’s leader was quite possibly more monumental than [More…]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

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The return of Cyndi Lauper’s revised, revitalized “Kinky Boots”

Following its 2012 debut right here in Chicago, “Kinky Boots” took Broadway by storm, racking up six Tony Awards the following season, including “Best Musical” and [More…]

Brian Wilson brings brilliance and beauty to virtual beach party

When it comes to needing reasons to tour, being a co-founder and primary songwriter for The Beach Boys is certainly enough for Brian Wilson, though add in the arty new biopic [More…]

Grateful Dead bid a grand goodbye at Soldier Field

Twenty years after the Grateful Dead’s last concert with Jerry Garcia, the band that essentially invented the jam said goodbye for good during a three night stand at [More…]

Pre-Broadway musical “Beaches” juggles jokes, stirring songs and tons of tears

From its infancy as a novel by Iris Rainer Dart through a blockbuster silver screen adaptation starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, “Beaches” continues to be an [More…]

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