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Graham Nash unplugs and offers the wisdom of experience for final City Winery sell out

“There are 900 songs between all of us, but it ain’t how many, it’s how good,” suggested Graham Nash during his second of two sold out City Winery shows, referring to [More…]

Above & Beyond puts first of two Chicago Theatre crowds in an acoustic/orchestral trance

While many of its peers simply push buttons and pump their fists all the way to the bank, Above & Beyond have always sought to elevate electronic music outside the [More…]

Dennis DeYoung’s Star Plaza scorcher blows away the current incarnation of Styx

Right after Dennis DeYoung finished “Mr. Roboto” during his inaugural appearance at the Star Plaza Theatre (not all that far from his old south side of Chicago stomping [More…]

Stills, Shepherd and Goldberg’s new blues rock supergroup The Rides a vital act all its own

The names Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg may have played a major factor in ticket sales when The Rides stopped by the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, but [More…]

Flashing back to Prince’s final Chicago residency in memory of the master musician

Exactly a week after Prince suddenly left this world, shockwaves are still at an all time high amongst not only the entire music community, but literally every corner of the [More…]

The Church revisits a rarity, plus a generous helping of past and present

About halfway through The Church’s complete performance of “The Blurred Crusade” at the cozy SPACE in Evanston, longtime leader Steve Kilbey was cheekily recalling how [More…]

Fantasia starts a fire, Anthony Hamilton calms the flames and both drop the ball on Prince tribute

With a shared record label home at RCA and a stable of R&B hits between them, Grammy winning veteran Anthony Hamilton and “American Idol” turned fellow Grammy winner [More…]

War dedicates diverse grooves to Prince and more at first of two Metropolis shows

Before War even played a note during its first of two shows at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre on Friday, original vocalist/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan dedicated the [More…]

Progressive rockers Kansas unload the classics up close in Naperville

Even if Kansas officially hails that very state, the group’s latest visit to Chicagoland on the campus of North Central College in Naperville served as a homecoming of [More…]

Rihanna radically reinvents as “Anti” overtakes United Center

Not even 30 with a little over a decade in the game, Rihanna isn’t just the youngest solo star to log 13 chart-toppers on the Billboard Hot 100, but she’s also an eight [More…]