Chicago Blues Festival: Living legends, longtime fans and a shout-out to Alligator Records
Musicians and standard-bearers Ronnie Baker Brooks and C.J. Chenier, plus a tribute to Billy Branch, were highlights on Friday in Millennium Park.
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Blues Fest rocked in its new home
Gary Clark Jr. is a cool customer. During his nearly two-hour set Sunday at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the finale of this year's Chicago Blues Festival, Clark and...
The Fall Out Boy machine goes for a romp through United Center
Standing at the tip of a V-shaped catwalk poking out into the floor of the United Center, Patrick Stump led the crowd at Fall Out Boy's concert Saturday night in...
Review: Mumford & Sons at Montrose Beach, at last
Streaks of pink still lingered in the darkening sky as the lights of downtown skyscrapers gleamed in the distance and a sweet fiddle solo wafted through the air.It was a...
Review: Death Cab for Cutie at Chicago Theatre
Death Cab For Cutie is a band divided more than ever between want and fulfillment, past and present, body and mind. During the Seattle band's concert at the Chicago Theatre...
Review: Father John Misty preaches folk-pop at the Vic
It was Good Friday, and Father John Misty stood in front of his congregation, arms raised to the iconic image hanging from the ceiling – a neon light tracing the...
Promontory turns the music on in Hyde Park
A crowd sat at candlelit tables on which brightly colored drinks rested. Chandeliers glowed softly overhead, and plush red curtains covered the windows. In the back, customers ringed three sides...
At Hideout Block Party, a little twang, and little funk
Jangling guitars intertwined, dreamy keyboards washed over them, and a chugging bass line pushed along an insistent beat. The song was "Lost In the Dream," the finale of The War...
X looks back, with anger and virtuosity
"Los Angeles," the 1980 debut record by the band X, packs nine songs into less than 28 minutes. Monday night at City Winery, it took the band about two minutes...
With catchy riffs, One Direction packs Soldier Field
Screams filled the air at Soldier Field Friday night. Relentless, ear-piercing screams that sounded as if a jet were taking off directly overhead. The screaming was for One Direction, the...