Janine Schaults

Janine Schaults is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Lukas Nelson performs with Promise of the Real at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept. 27, 2023.

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real promise to put on a party in Rosemont

November 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

"Alcohallelujah" sounds like a brewer's dream catch phrase. Slap that baby on a T-shirt or koozie and reap the merchandising rewards. For Lukas Nelson, the clever juxtaposition of bookending weekend...

Chance the Rapper performs at the United Center in Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019.

Chance the Rapper to return as host and musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’

October 14, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

Chance the Rapper will pull double duty as both host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" for the show's pre-Halloween episode on Oct. 26. The Chicago rapper/activist/media mogul follows...

Nick Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, performs, Sept. 19, 2019, at the United Center in Chicago.

The Jonas Brothers spotted celebrating birthdays in Chicago at Bub City and Soldier Field

September 22, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

The Jonas Brothers are men of their word. The musical group told the staff at Bub City they would return after visiting the Loop barbecue joint for lunch Tuesday ahead...

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 7:55 a.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 12:51 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 12:50 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 3:20 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 1, 2019 at 10:44 p.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 4:13 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 8:32 a.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...

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