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Foghat takes a bluesy “Slow Ride” to Hard Rock, “Love Hurts” for heavy metal heroes Nazareth

The amount of entertainment styles hosted by the Hard Rock Live inside the Northern Indiana location of the famed casino is truly limitless, though having enduring bands [More…]

Arcada becomes Cactus’ “Temple Of The Blues II” featuring GN’R, Mr. Big, Whitesnake alumni

Often referred to as “The American Led Zeppelin,” Cactus was one of America’s hardest hitting acts throughout the 1970s, and upon being reformed in the [More…]

Mavis Staples’ “Sad And Beautiful World,” solo Nathaniel Rateliff uplift the Chicago Theatre

Rock & Roll, Blues and Gospel Hall of Famer Mavis Staples may now be an American treasure, but long before securing such status, she was a fixture in the Windy City [More…]

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening has Hard Rock reveling in “Physical Graffiti” 50th

Considering the band is no longer active and its surviving members have moved on to other unrelated projects, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is currently the closest [More…]

Indie/folk/blues rockers Mt. Joy “Hope We Have Fun” and succeed during United Center debut

Anyone who’s followed Mt. Joy since debuting nearly a decade ago probably isn’t all that surprised at its steady ascent, although those who haven’t been paying [More…]

“No Rain, No Flowers” for The Black Keys, Hunt. Bank Pavilion, plus Gary Clark Jr.’s grooves

Sometimes it takes a storm to come back swinging, and even if The Black Keys were overly ambitious planning a prior tour that ultimately got canceled amidst very public [More…]

The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings makes “A Few Good Moments” and more with North Shore

Armed with an impressive new solo album and six decades of smashes as singer/songwriter for The Guess Who, Burton Cummings brought many more than “A Few Good Moments” to [More…]

Guess Who’s heading to the North Shore Center? Canada’s legendary Burton Cummings

Six decades of constant radio rotation made Burton Cummings a global icon, though just because he has more gold records than anyone could count, The Guess Who’s original [More…]

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…]

The Yardbirds fly British blues, psychedelic rock and “Heart Full Of Soul” into Des Plaines Theatre

Masterful musicianship has always defined The Yardbirds, from the days when future guitar gods Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page honed were honing their chops throughout [More…]