Andy Argyrakis, Author at Chicago Concert Reviews

British heavyweights Wishbone Ash crank up the twin guitars, deliver all of “Live Dates”

Back when double concert albums were all the rage on vinyl, complete with a gatefold sleeve of course, blues-drenched hard rockers Wishbone Ash led that pack with “Live [More…]

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band dust off Dylan and classic country during City Winery sell out

Country music will be forever indebted to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who since 1967, have churned out one classic after the next, while also interpreting several familiar [More…]

A jazzy Norah Jones revisits “Come Away With Me,” gospel great Mavis Staples surprises

Few debuts have ever reached the stratospheric heights of Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me,” which besides selling over 27 million copies and collecting five Grammy [More…]

Reunited Rage Against The Machine fill United Center with social commentaries amidst the crowd-surfing

When Rage Against The Machine roared out of the early 1990s, there was no other band combining rap, rock, metal, funk and politically-charged commentaries in the pursuit of [More…]

The return of Rod Stewart, birthdays for Boyz II Men, ABC, Marshall close a spectacular Summerfest

The finale weekend of 2022’s Summerfest continued to live up to its reputation as the world’s largest music festival, bringing the biggest and best names representing [More…]

Rod Stewart and more: Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park

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Martin Fry shoots that “Poison Arrow” towards ABC’s anniversary for “The Lexicon Of Love”

No act of the 1980s embodied slick pop sophistication more than ABC, who’s original front man Martin Fry is still leading the band with a voice dipped in buttery soul and [More…]

Machine Gun Kelly and more: Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park

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Rappers Wiz, Lupe, Lil Wayne, rockers MGK, Lamb, BoDeans, Fixx top Summerfest so far

Milwaukee’s annual Summerfest, which is easily the world’s largest stand-alone music soiree, returned to its regular timeframe throughout the Henry Maier Festival Park [More…]

He’s a beauty: Fee Waybill examines The Tubes from the “Outside Inside” prior to Park West

Wild, wacky, weird and wonderful are just a few words that would appropriately fit but still fall short of fully describing the unclassifiable theatrical rock enigma and [More…]

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