Andy Argyrakis, Author at Chicago Concert Reviews

Alice Cooper, ex-KISS axe-slinger Ace Frehley bring shock and spectacle to Huntington Bank Pavilion

The much too short but nonetheless stacked season at Huntington Bank Pavilion went out with the most shocking spectacle possible thanks to a pair of Rock and Roll Hall of [More…]

Springsteen/Conan collaborator Max Weinberg fires up Ravinia’s jukebox

Despite not usually being the center of attention, Max Weinberg is nonetheless one of the world’s most renowned drummers who’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall [More…]

Summerfest closes with solids from Polo G, Run The Jewels, Charlie Wilson, Bleachers, Struts

The feeling is always bittersweet whenever festival winds down, but it nonetheless went out with a bang as far as the Midwest was concerned during Summerfest’s finale [More…]

Polo G and more: Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park

Click here for a review of Polo G and more from Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park. For additional information on Polo G, visit PoloCapalot.com. For a list of upcoming [More…]

R&B/pop/hip-hop game changers TLC “CrazySexyCool” at Hollywood Casino Amp

As the best-selling American girl group of all-time, TLC’s entire body of work is essential listening, but if there was ever an album to define Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, [More…]

Zac Brown Band and more: Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park

Click here for a review of Zac Brown Band and more from Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park. For additional information on Zac Brown Band, visit ZacBrownBand.com. For a [More…]

Zac Brown Band, ZZ Top, Goos, Kesha, 311, Quinn XCII, Nelly and the second round of Summerfest

The second weekend of Milwaukee’s Summerfest was stacked yet again with A-listers and throwbacks representing practically every style, resulting in swelling crowds and [More…]

Chance The Rapper, Styx make Summerfest a Chicago affair, plus Drive-By Truckers deliver

The world’s largest musical festival may have changed dates from the front half of July to September 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18 in hopes of dodging a pandemic, but that didn’t [More…]

“Strange Horizons” sell out on Northerly Island cements Greta Van Fleet as rock & roll saviors

Whoever spread the rumor that rock is dead must not have noticed the meteoric rise of Greta Van Fleet, who could very well be singlehandedly saving the style, while easily [More…]

Symphony Center Jazz Series springs back with 70th anniversary of Herbie Hancock’s debut

The special occasions were so plentiful it was easy to loose count, but the fact the Symphony Center’s acclaimed Jazz Series finally reopened after a painstaking 19 months [More…]

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