1990s Archives - Chicago Concert Reviews

Ravinia clears “Room On The Porch” for the rootsy combination of treasures Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’

On their own, Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ are already nothing short of true American treasures, but turn them into collaborators in the studio or on stage, and they are indeed [More…]

Mavis Staples, B.B. King Centennial, Chess’ 75th, John Primer amongst Blues Fest favorites

To locals, the Chicago Blues Festival is an annual chance to congregate and celebrate, primarily in Millennium Park, though it’s also just as much an international tourist [More…]

The revolutionary Grace Jones, fellow visionary Janelle Monáe rivet pride-filled Ravinia

Summer officially started now that Ravinia Festival in Highland Park unlocked its gates, and for the next three months, will be populated with artists of all ages [More…]

Scotland’s Big Country making rare pilgrimage to America for Des Plaines, Arcada Theatres

Few singles from the 1980s or otherwise are more iconic than Big Country’s “In A Big Country,” and despite the Scottish rockers spending the bulk of their time [More…]

United Center crowns Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Stephanie Mills “The Queens!”

Rarely has a tour more accurately lived up to its title than when the Black Promoters Collective teamed with the United Center to bring together Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, [More…]

“Walk On” with former Boston and Orion The Hunter singer Fran Cosmo, Voices at Arcada

When Boston was at a crossroads in the early 1990s after ruling rock and roll throughout the prior two decades, Fran Cosmo, who worked with various members in the offshoot [More…]

On an Eagles break, “Guitar Slinger” Vince Gill gives Chicago Theatre a country marathon

From his breakthrough in the Pure Prairie League, to annual Christmas concerts alongside wife/fellow artist Amy Grant and accompanying the Eagles since the passing of Glenn [More…]

Voices Of Rock Radio’s John Elefante about to “Play The Game Tonight,” take Arcada to Kansas

Getting an opportunity to see former Kansas front man John Elefante sing the group’s numerous anthems or ballads would easily be enough to fill any given night, but when [More…]

Hard Rock Live stocks up on the laughs of cross-generational stage and screen star George Lopez

No stranger to the stage, movies, television or recording comedy albums for over four decades, George Lopez is a cross-generational star with a multi-cultural audience, who [More…]

Beyoncé makes more history in breathtaking opening of Soldier Field’s “Cowboy Carter” stretch

Never have Beyoncé’s instantly iconic “Texas Hold ‘Em” lines, “there’s a tornado in my city/ hit the basement, that s*** ain’t pretty,” been more fitting [More…]