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Creed Bratton from “The Office” and The Grass Roots sets one-man show sights on City Winery

While he’s best known today for his role throughout nine seasons and 201 episodes of NBC comedy “The Office,” actor/singer songwriter Creed Bratton also performed in [More…]

Live Nation brings Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks together for the first time as Soldier Field schedule heats up

Normally the only sounds coming out of Soldier Field during the blustery winter months are the shouts of football fans, but when the Chicago Bears Drumline started playing [More…]

Liar’s Club and the art of Evan Dando, Space and the albums residency of The Lemonheads

Breaking out of Boston during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s alternative music boom period, Chicago has played an integral role for The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, who [More…]

It’s a Miracle: Smokey Robinson speaks Motown, “Gasms,” Genesee and groundbreaking moments

If there was a Mount Rushmore for songwriters, the poetic Smokey Robinson would be permanently etched in stone alongside the illustrious likes of Lennon–McCartney, Bob [More…]

The Oak Ridge Boys bid farewell, but not before another “Down Home Christmas” in DeKalb

Country Music Hall of Famers The Oak Ridge Boys may be in the midst of commemorating the classic line-up’s half-century of recording and touring together, but the milestone [More…]

“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Genesee “Takin’ Care Of Business”

Hardly a moment goes by when one of Canada’s most colossal classic rock exports, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, isn’t blasting out of a car stereo, movie, TV show or [More…]

Des Plaines Theatre “Dancing In The Streets” over the “Heat Wave” of Motown’s Martha Reeves

Prior to finding global fame as the superstar singer behind “Dancing In The Street,” “Jimmy Mack,” “Heat Wave,” “Nowhere To Run” and tons more, Martha Reeves [More…]

Brazil’s king of bossa nova Sergio Mendes coming to Skokie’s North Shore Center “In The Key Of Joy”

Longtime Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes has constantly reinvented himself since debuting with Brasil ‘66 to the point of becoming a visionary for the hugest names in [More…]

Bill Medley and The Righteous Brothers bringing back that “Lovin’ Feelin’” for the Genesee

Blue-eyed soul pioneers The Righteous Brothers redirected the course of the 1960s and onward with a string of now iconic ballads, including “Unchained Melody,” [More…]

“I Just Wanna Stop” legend Gino Vannelli about to offer Arcada Theatre five distinctive decades

One of the most distinctive singer/songwriters of the 1970s and ‘80s became even more versatile from the ‘90s through now, but not before stepping out of the limelight at [More…]