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Roxy Music’s guitarist Phil Manzanera shreds solo, talks to WXRT’s Terri Hemmert and Space

The name Phil Manzanera is most frequently associated with Roxy Music, yet serving as the lead guitarist for the sophisticated English art rock, pop and glam icons is only a [More…]

Roxy Music’s Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Phil Manzanera promises Space “More Than This”

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Phil Manzanera is a man who wears numerous hats, from playing lead guitar since the start of the England’s art rock, glam and [More…]

Steve Hackett ensures “The Lamb Lies Down” and “Stands Up” during Rialto nod to Genesis

Ever since Steve Hackett started regularly revisiting Genesis a little over a decade ago, the group’s classic period guitarist frequently performed large portions of [More…]

“The Lamb Lies Down” for Genesis, “Stands Up” half-century later for Rialto-ready Steve Hackett

Before Genesis even released “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway,” arguably its most ambitious album ever, the future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, then comprised of front [More…]

“The Show Must Go On” as Alan Parsons Live Project casts its “Eye In The Sky” on Genesee Theatre

Scan album credits as iconic as The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” and Alan Parsons is the sound engineer extraordinaire, kicking [More…]

For the first time in a whopping 50 years, the English art pop of 10cc pleases Park West

Despite at least two of its tracks receiving constant radio rotation, it’s been exactly 50 years since all of English art pop/soft rock group 10cc came to Chicago proper on [More…]

A supernatural Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds summon a “Wild God” during stunning Salt Shed closer

There hasn’t been a shortage of Nick Cave coming to town as of late, either solo or alongside longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, but it’s been eight long years since The [More…]

The Britpop brilliance of a reunited Pulp engages Aragon Ballroom as a Midwest exclusive

The origins of Pulp date back to the late 1970s in Sheffield, England, and although it would take well over a decade for Jarvis Cocker and his frequently rotating cast to [More…]

Deep Purple delivers “1 More Time” for CU1 Amp alongside Yes’ quicker take on “Classic Tales”

When Deep Purple wound its way through Tinley Park a half-dozen years ago, it was part of “The Long Goodbye,” but considering the English legends just came back to the [More…]

“Sessanta” birthday bash unites A Perfect Circle, Primus, Puscifer and packs Wintrust Arena

Man of many bands, Maynard James Keenan, just turned 60 and he’s celebrating in style with a whole host of musically intricate friends throughout the “Sessanta” Tour, [More…]