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Double header of Santana and The Doobie Brothers share a “Oneness” with Credit Union 1 Amp

On any given night, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ Santana or The Doobie Brothers could fill whatever shed they want, so when the pair resumed their periodic [More…]

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…]

Toto, Christopher Cross, Men At Work trifecta take CU1 Amp “Sailing” to “Africa,” “Down Under”

Individually speaking, Toto, Christopher Cross and Men At Work are established household names, especially to those who grew up in the 1980s, or at the very least, caught up [More…]

“Just Us”: Bob James & Dave Koz’s contemporary jazz a stunning Studebaker Theater combination

Whether he was providing the foundation for a plethora of future hip-hop samples, basically becoming the godfather of smooth jazz or co-founding the supergroup Fourplay, [More…]

Herbie Hancock friends, jazz fusion funksters The Headhunters heat up standing room only Space

Whether it was helping usher Herbie Hancock into the next phase of his funky fusion or becoming an influential entity all its own, jazz was simply never the same after The [More…]

Santana “Supernatural,” “Smooth” at AFI Amp, happy to have Counting Crows “Hanginaround”

Whenever Carlos Santana leads his group of the same name on a summer excursion, it’s an event of epic proportions, yet the 25th anniversary of the record-shattering [More…]

Trailblazing bassist Stanley Clarke Return(s) To Forever and elsewhere for standing room Space

A mere glance at bassist Stanley Clarke’s discography is enough to drop some jaws, starting with the sheer quantity of solo and collaborative endeavors, followed by the [More…]

Half-century of world fusion phenoms Shakti, John McLaughlin move Ravinia, Béla Fleck bonus

Few jazz fusion acts of the 1970s were as influential and marvelously mind-boggling as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which meant leader John McLaughlin could literally do [More…]

Always dependable Dave Matthews Band “Walk Around The Moon” and Huntington Bank Pavilion

Touring may be a constant in the life of Dave Matthews Band, but recording is not, which made the pause of the pandemic a perfect opportunity for the guys to reconvene in the [More…]