Judy Collins: “Spellbound” Tour at Old Town School Of Folk Music
Click here for a review of Judy Collins at the Old Town School Of Folk Music. For additional information on Judy Collins, visit JudyCollins.com. Upcoming concert highlights [More…]
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Banjo man John McEuen gets down to the Nitty Gritty of “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”
The prolific life of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist John McEuen includes mounds of music with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band dating back to 1966, solo projects, [More…]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen mounts a multi-media “Circle” show, 50th birthday book
Flying high from grassroots momentum in the 1960s and the strength of the now iconic single “Mr. Bojangles” when the decade changed over, country trailblazers the Nitty [More…]
The Head And The Heart wrap an extended HBP season with folk and indie rock stompers
An extended and excellent outdoor concert season finally wound down when The Head And The Heart brought its biggest Windy City show thus far to a crowded Huntington Bank [More…]
Legendary Sir Tom Jones “Surrounded By Time” in Chicago Theatre roots and soul revival
The only indication that legendary Welsh singer, Sir Tom Jones, was advancing in age came when he entered the historic stage of a full Chicago Theatre with a walking stick, [More…]
Florence + The Machine nourish Northerly Island with “Dance Fever” and baroque theatrics
Words could never do justice the force of nature that’s the one and only Florence Welch, front woman for the equally indescribable Florence + The Machine, who fall [More…]
“Ho Hey,” The Lumineers close “Brightside” Tour by lighting up a sold out Wrigley Field
For exactly a decade, The Lumineers have steadily grown in artistry and popularity, reaching a pinnacle in both categories thus far with the release of “Brightside” and [More…]
A daring David Gray climbs the entire “White Ladder,” mounds more on Northerly Island
At the turn of the century, David Gray brought a breath of fresh air to American radio thanks to the clever cocktail of alternative rock, folk and electronica found [More…]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band dust off Dylan and classic country during City Winery sell out
Country music will be forever indebted to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who since 1967, have churned out one classic after the next, while also interpreting several familiar [More…]
A jazzy Norah Jones revisits “Come Away With Me,” gospel great Mavis Staples surprises
Few debuts have ever reached the stratospheric heights of Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me,” which besides selling over 27 million copies and collecting five Grammy [More…]