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“What Is Hip?” Tower Of Power treats Rialto Square Theatre to funky, festive “Holiday & Hits”

In the nearly six decades since getting started, there’s barely anything Tower Of Power hasn’t tackled, either by the entire gold-selling group directly or by lending out [More…]

“It’s Christmas” and the Rialto Square Theatre is getting a horn-centered gift from Tower Of Power

Whenever the Tower Of Power horn section kicks into any track, whether its the humongous hits “So Very Hard To Go,” “You’re Still A Young Man” and “What Is [More…]

“Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic”: Sting’s “3.0” Auditorium Theatre starter is a charm

The idea of Sting returning to a trio configuration, even if wasn’t in the reunited format of The Police, was potentially thrilling enough that it sparked no less than four [More…]

Jazzy, splashy “Some Like It Hot” sizzles throughout inaugural Cadillac Palace Theatre tour

No city is more appropriate to see the inaugural tour of “Some Like It Hot” than Chicago, especially considering the show starts smack dab in the center of a a speakeasy, [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…]

Plant & Krauss, James Taylor, Norah Jones return to Ravinia, Ben Platt, Big Boi, Crowded House debut

Excitement’s been steadily building for Ravinia’s summer concert series in Highland Park, especially considering so many early announcements and perhaps a few artist [More…]

The legendary Crystal Gayle lets her lovely long hair down to talk classic country, Des Plaines date

Country music simply wouldn’t be the same if it weren’t for Crystal Gayle, whose indelible mark on the genre includes becoming its first female artist to achieve platinum [More…]

City Winery nestles into the New Year with the positivity and pledges of Kindred The Family Soul

Hot on the heels of the holidays, the always active and inviting City Winery wasted no time settling right back into the groove with a sold out show from Kindred The Family [More…]

Cadillac Palace portrayal of complicated jazz king Louis Armstrong is “A Wonderful World”

So many standards Louis Armstrong popularized or personalized throughout the last century are permanently woven into America’s artistic fabric, but ever since his passing [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…]