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Jerry Martini and The Family Stone want to take Genesee “Higher” as they “Dance To The Music”

Saxophone superstar Jerry Martini wasn’t just with funk rock/psychedelic soul pioneers Sly And The Family Stone from the very beginning, but was actually the one who [More…]

Was (Not Was) co-founder, Wolf Bro, A-list producer Don Was introducing Pan-Detroit Ensemble to Space

Scan the credits of countless recordings throughout the past four decades and chances are multiple Grammy Award winner Don Was will appear repeatedly, especially when it [More…]

Pianist/producer David Foster, singer/actress Katharine McPhee make a Hard Rock power couple

On the artist side of the coin, David Foster is already one of the world’s premier piano players, but when it comes to his work as a super producer and ace songwriter for [More…]

Frankie Beverly waves a funky farewell to United Center alongside Maze after Chaka’s fab 50th

The amount of influence Philadelphia’s Frankie Beverly & Maze had within R&B and funk circles since getting started in the 1970s under the guidance of the late [More…]

Alt-rock innovators Porno For Pyros bid a fierce farewell to Salt Shed with “Horns, Thorns En Halos”

Chicago was fortunate in being one of the very few cities where Porno For Pyros fully reunited for a few festivals, including Lollapalooza, which was founded by its front man [More…]

The funky Commodores work the Hard Rock Live “Night Shift” next to The Spinners’ soulfulness

The history on the walls and in the halls of the Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana matched the caliber of co-headliners when the Commodores and The Spinners brought a series of [More…]

Chicago Theatre “Feels Good” when Raphael Saadiq, Tony! Toni! Toné! reunite for “Anniversary”

In the nearly 25 years since singer/bassist Raphael Saadiq, his brother and fellow vocalist/guitarist D’Wayne Wiggins, plus their cousin and keyboardist Timothy Christian [More…]

Sergio Mendes throws North Shore Center a festive, flavorful “Bossa Nova Samba Celebration”

Hardly a year went by in the 1960s and ‘70s when Sergio Mendes wasn’t releasing an album, and while his pace wasn’t quite as constant afterwards, he’s continued [More…]

Brazil’s king of bossa nova Sergio Mendes coming to Skokie’s North Shore Center “In The Key Of Joy”

Longtime Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes has constantly reinvented himself since debuting with Brasil ‘66 to the point of becoming a visionary for the hugest names in [More…]

“Just Like Heaven” when gothic gods The Cure wrap Riot Fest alongside The Dresden Dolls, AFI

As epic and electrifying as it was when Riot Fest rolled into the weekend, anticipation grew exponentially as every second ticked towards The Cure, an act so colossal in both [More…]