Living Colour blurs musical, cultural boundaries at City Winery
Prior to Living Colour’s first of two performances at Chicago’s classy City Winery, activists from the local chapter of Black Lives Matter urged the audience to join the [More…]
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra juggles progressive originals and holiday rockers
Every winter, Trans-Siberian Orchestra outdoes itself when it comes to staging a gargantuan touring spectacle that usually ranks right towards the top of the season’s [More…]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Allstate Arena
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Sister Hazel updates its alternative and southern rock sounds
Those who left off listening to Sister Hazel during the group’s chart conquest alongside Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, Blues Traveler and The Jayhawks throughout the [More…]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra discusses “Letters From The Labyrinth,” and naturally, a new Christmas tour
Progressive/symphonic/metallic rockers Trans-Siberian Orchestra may be the modern day rulers of Christmas music, but the massive troupe is steadily being recognized for its [More…]
Brian Setzer Orchestra jives through Christmas, solo and Stray Cats
This year might mark Brian Setzer Orchestra’s “12th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour,” but it earns the distinction of being the first in ten years supported by new holiday [More…]
Everclear salutes “Sparkle And Fade” with City Winery double shot
If it seems like the 20 years flew by since Everclear released its breakthrough project “Sparkle And Fade,” it’s probably because the Portland-bred band maintained a [More…]
First UC stop finds Luke Bryan coloring outside the country lines
As Luke Bryan was encoring with “That’s My Kind Of Night” during his first of two United Center shows, he proudly proclaimed “put in my country ride hip-hop [More…]
R. Kelly at Chicago Theatre
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Ricky Martin supplies the sizzle on first tour in four years
It may have been four years from the time he last visited Chicago (and at least twice as long since scoring a major hit on American soil), but lest anyone forget, Ricky [More…]