Night Ranger: “35th Anniversary” Tour at Genesee Theatre
For additional information on Night Ranger, NightRanger.com. Upcoming concert highlights at the Genesee Theatre include Roy Orbison: “In Dreams- The Hologram” Tour (Oct. [More…]
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Progtoberfest scores Soft Machine 44 years since visiting America, Theo Travis reveals the “Hidden Details”
Canterbury’s Soft Machine was amongst the earliest bands to merge psychedelic sounds, progressive rock and jazz fusion in the back half of the 1960s, and while it never [More…]
Kansas: “Point Of Know Return 40th Anniversary” Tour at Chicago Theatre
Click here for a review of Kansas at the Chicago Theatre. For additional information on Kansas, visit KansasBand.com. For a list of upcoming Live Nation shows, visit [More…]
Poland’s Basia brings global fusion to late night City Winery sell out
She began making a splash with the British band Matt Bianco in the mid-1980s, but it wasn’t until going solo that Basia found her worldwide breakthrough. The Polish [More…]
Basia: “Butterflies” Tour at City Winery
Click here for a review of Basia at City Winery. For additional information on Basia, visit BasiaSongs.com. Upcoming concert highlights at City Winery include Chicago Plays [More…]
The Church’s “Starfish” observes 30 years “Under The Milky Way” with complete album concert
Put The Church’s “Starfish” album on right now, and outside of the occasional production flourish or possibly benefitting from a digital remaster, the lean, driving and [More…]
Sting & Shaggy: “44/876” Tour at Aragon Ballroom
Click here for a review of Sting & Shaggy at the Aragon Ballroom. For additional information on Sting & Shaggy, visit Sting.com and ShaggyOnline.com. Upcoming [More…]
Reggae roots, island vibes link England’s Sting and Jamaica’s Shaggy
They come from different countries and appeal to listeners about a generation apart, but English musician Sting and Jamaican singer Shaggy are much closer in musical spirit [More…]
World premiere of modernized “Tootsie” musical all ready to roll to Broadway
Rarely, if ever, does a pre-Broadway musical come out of the gate ready to roll to the Big Apple, but if opening night at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre was any [More…]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alan Clark chats Dire Straits Legacy supergroup with sights on St. Charles
Never-ending airplay kept the music of Dire Straits alive long after its official break-up in 1995, but when the British rockers finally got inducted into the Rock and Roll [More…]