Janine Schaults

Janine Schaults is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Glen Hansard learned how to make his latest, ‘This Wild Willing,’ by spending five weeks at sea in a rowing boat

September 3, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

Five weeks at sea. Four men in a naomhóg, a traditional Irish rowing boat. Three rules — no beds, no money (except for a small kitty in case of emergencies)...

Lollapalooza 2019: Gary Clark Jr. really just wants to use bagpipes on his next album (just kidding … or is he?)

August 4, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

Gary Clark Jr. normally wields a guitar with the severity of jack hammer, but the Grammy-winning musician isn't ruling out a foray into the world of bagpipes or a turn...

Fantastic Negrito performs during the third day of the 2019 Lollapalooza Music Festival in Grant Park Aug., 3, 2019, in Chicago. (Camille Fine / Chicago Tribune)

Lollapalooza 2019: Fantastic Negrito says performing is therapy and his concerts are church without the religion

August 4, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

You might know him as Fantastic Negrito, but Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz stopped backstage at Lollapalooza Saturday to talk to the Tribune after his early afternoon set that music critic Greg...

King Princess at Lollapalooza: How Meryl Streep’s epic scream in ‘Big Little Lies’ inspired a ‘bop’

August 2, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

King Princess, the stage name of 20-year-old Brooklynite Mikaela Straus, likes her Meryl Streep raw and a little bit unhinged, just like the rest of us. That's why Streep's turn...

Watch Hozier swoon over Mavis Staples and Chicago at Lollapalooza

August 2, 2019 at 3:44 a.m.

Andrew Hozier-Byrne, known to fans around the world as Hozier, checked in with the Chicago Tribune backstage at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park for a quick chat about collaborating with...

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs "Street Fighting Man" at Soldier Field Friday, June 21, 2019, in Chicago.

(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

The Rolling Stones at Soldier Field: What you need to know

June 25, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

The Rolling Stones kicked off their No Filter North American tour in Chicago at Soldier Field on Friday. Tribune critic Greg Kot lamented the staid set list of hits in...

‘Game of Thrones’ final season: Watch ‘Wait Wait’ host Peter Sagal nerd out with the Tribune

April 5, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.

The countdown to the final season of HBO’s epic twisty, sexy, bloodletting drama is on! When the final season of “Game of Thrones” airs April 14, fans will have waited...

From left to right, actor Jason Priestley, actor Michael Cudlitz, and actor Luke Perry arrive on the red carpet at the premiere of the feature film "Dark Tourist" at the ArcLight Cinemas on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 in Los Angeles.

3 Luke Perry superfans on why he (and those sideburns) mattered

March 5, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

Luke Perry, who died Monday at 52 after suffering a stroke, first found fame on “Beverly Hills, 90210” in the 1990s as the restless and moody Dylan McKay. Perry made...

Jeff Goldblum — sex symbol, social media star, cool jazz dude and a humble student of life

February 13, 2019 at 1:58 p.m.

What hasn’t Jeff Goldblum conquered? The Hollywood star proudly wears the crown of cult hero (1984’s “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension,” 1988’s “Earth Girls Are Easy”)....

How Milwaukee’s Trapper Schoepp co-wrote a song with Bob Dylan

January 23, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp adores Wisconsin – truly, madly, deeply. Since releasing his debut in 2012, he’s crisscrossed the country opening for the likes of Jakob Dylan, the Old 97’s...

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