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Studebaker Theater’s “Personality” sheds light on Lloyd Price’s business and R&B innovation

Named after the signature song, “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” is much more than merely a jukebox rehashing of his many R&B and crossover chart-toppers [More…]

A half-century of Los Lobos, collaborations and Lil’ Ed close a chilly Chicago Blues Festival

It’s always a shame when the weather doesn’t cooperate with an event planned for the great outdoors, but the Chicago Blues Festival nonetheless soldiered on and fans [More…]

Dead & Company wave goodbye to Wrigley Field capturing “what a long strange trip it’s been”

When the Grateful Dead mounted the mammoth “Fare Thee Well” at Soldier Field in 2015 to honor its 50th anniversary, demand to see the show was so unprecedented, Deadheads [More…]

Blind Boys Of Alabama, Bobby Rush, Albert King’s centennial salute begin bountiful Blues Fest

Since 1984, the Chicago Blues Festival has hosted every major musician of its stripe imaginable, attracting both a considerable local and international audience along the [More…]

John Oates sets up a living room inside the Genesee, decorated by blues, solo and hits with Hall

He’s one half of the best-selling musical duo to ever walk the earth, plus a solo artist and author of the memoir “Change Of Seasons,” which meant John Oates not only [More…]

City Winery soaks up troubadour Al Stewart’s “Time Passages,” backed by The Empty Pockets

One of the most important figures in the British folk revival of the 1960s and ‘70s was unquestionably the Scottish-born Al Stewart, who besides crafting some of the [More…]

Genesee Theatre seized by Midwest exclusive of Stewart Copeland’s “Police Deranged For Orchestra”

Man of many talents Stewart Copeland may have started keeping the beat for The Police, but went on to score a mountain of movie, television and video game soundtracks, in [More…]

Jackpot partnership of Wayne Newton and Tony Orlando takes Hard Rock Live to Las Vegas

During the golden age of standards that minted mega stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole and Bobby Darin, in addition to early rock and [More…]

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” for Diana Ross throughout Supreme Hard Rock Live lovefest

Words like “icon” and “legend” get thrown around so much nowadays, they’ve lost much of their meaning, but there’s still one Supreme superstar in the form of [More…]

“Mr. Las Vegas” Wayne Newton Hard Rock-ready, replays words of wisdom from Sinatra, Lucy

Showbiz has never been the same since Wayne Newton stepped on stage in the 1950s as a mere child, and even at 81-years-old, “Mr. Las Vegas” is as active of an entertainer [More…]