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Photo Gallery: Fontaines D.C. in Chicago
Fontaines D.C. The Salt Shed Chicago, IL October 9, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Over the course of nearly a decade, Dublin, Ireland’s Fontaines D.C., has cultivated an audience that is one performance at a time. Their take on Post-Punk across four albums has ensnared them a larger audience upon each subsequent release. […]
Photo Gallery: PJ Harvey • The Salt Shed • Chicago
PJ Harvey The Salt Shed Chicago, IL September 30, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Throughout her extraordinary career, Polly Jean Harvey has excelled at shape-shifting. It’s an extraordinary talent that has kept her audience guessing since her debut back in the early 90’s. What has never been in question is her galvanized status […]
Cover Story: Myles Kennedy • The Golden Voice
Since stepping up on stage from the audience to join the fictitious metal band Steel Dragon from the 2001 motion picture Rockstar, starring Mark Wahlberg, Myles “Thor” Kennedy has shuffled from one extraordinary musical opportunity to the next. In 2002, Kennedy was offered an audition for the vocalist spot in the newly formed supergroup Velvet […]
Media: October 2024 • Chicago’s Very Own Dean Richards
Dean Richards had an entire career before he started working at WGN-TV. He had been working in radio for nearly twenty years at stations like WFYR, WCFL, WIND, WCLR, WNUA, and WGN Radio. He had been a morning host, program director, and production director and held down nearly every day on the air. The […]
Recap and Gallery: Jeff Lynne’s ELO at The United Center • Chicago
Jeff Lynne’s ELO United Center, Chicago, IL September 28, 2024 Photos and recap by Jeff Elbel; Additional Photos from Palm Springs, CA, from Jeff Stoltzfus Jeff Lynne’s ELO played the second of two nights at the United Center in Chicago on Saturday. The band’s Over and Out Tour has been promoted as Jeff Lynne’s farewell […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Crowded House at Ravinia Festival • Highland Park
Crowded House at Ravinia Festival Highland Park, IL Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos courtesy of Ravinia Festival/Patrick Gipson. Melodic pop fans who managed a weeknight getaway were treated to a sublime performance by Crowded House on a gorgeous summer night outdoors at Ravinia. Traveling during winter in the southern hemisphere, the […]
Photo Gallery: Kacey Musgraves • Allstate Arena • Rosemont
Kacey Musgraves Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL September 12th, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran The crossover between the Pop and Country genres of music is certainly not new, but it’s hard not to be impressed when someone like Kacey Musgraves executes it so effortlessly. Her performance this past week at Rosemont, Illinois’ Allstate Arena […]
Photo Gallery: Avril Lavigne • American Family Insurance Amphitheater • Milwaukee WI
Avril Lavigne American Family Insurance Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI September 9th, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Avril Lavigne is giving the people what they want…all the hits! Back in the early 2000s, the then 16-year-old Canadian unleashed her brand of pop-punk on her debut album, Let Go. She has since gone on to sell […]
Photo Gallery: Pulp • Aragon Ballroom • Chicago
Pulp Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL September 8th, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran They gained success during the Brit Pop era with Blur, The Charlatans, Oasis, and dozens of others. By the mid-90s, they had carved out an expansive international audience, spurred by a reputation as an explosive live act. So when the band […]
Cover Story: Fig Dish • Renewal and Rejuvenation
There’s an electricity in the air of late, bristling arm hairs here in Chicago. There’s the injection of HGH into the DNC going into their convention. The recent acknowledgment that the music industry spotlight is once again illuminating Chicago’s rock music scene in a seemingly cyclical fashion. Then there’s the excitement brewing about Fig Dish, […]
Media: September 2024 • Rewound Radio
Once again, Rewound Radio (rewoundradio.com) is spending the entire Labor Day Weekend featuring classic shows from WLS and WCFL from the 1960s and 1970s. Ted Gorden Smucker is the man behind the plan. “When I was a kid, I loved radio and TV,” Smucker explains, “and when I was probably around sixth, seventh grade or […]
Photo Gallery: Buckethead • Arcada Theatre • St. Charles, IL
Buckethead Arcada Theatre St. Charles, IL Aug 17, 2024 Acclaimed solo (and one-time Guns N’ Roses) guitarist Buckethead donned his signature KFC brim and played a sold-out show at The Arcada Theatre Friday to a largely adoring crowd. The two-set show gave his fans over two and a half hours of his music in St. […]
Live Review: Cage The Elephant and Young The Giant at Credit Union 1 Arena • Chicago
Cage The Elephant Young The Giant Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL Thursday, August 15, 2024 Photos and Live Review by Jeff Elbel Cage the Elephant singer Matt Shultz is breaking new ground on the band’s tour, supporting its Neon Pill album. In the early 2000s, Peter Gabriel visited the former Tweeter Center in Tinley Park […]
Live Review and Gallery: Green Day with Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas• Wrigley Field • Chicago
Green Day and friends Wrigley Field Chicago, IL Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Review by Jeff Elbel. Photos coming soon by Curt Baran. Rock fans in Chicago have had a busy summer, with Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and stands by the Rolling Stones and Metallica as a few recent examples. Tuesday’s concert at Wrigley Field stands among the […]
Photo Gallery: Metallica at Soldier Field • Chicago
Metallica Soldier Field Chicago, IL Fri., August 9, 2024 Recap and photos by Edward Spinelli With tickets on sale nearly two years from their dual performance dates in Chicago – you could say Metallica’s Friday show was the most anticipated of the year. Two years after they headlined Lollapalooza, the band brought their massive in-the-round […]
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