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Media: March 2019
When WDRV’s Sherman and Tingle were first put together as a team more than a decade ago, it wasn’t exactly considered a long term plan. “I came here from Phoenix to be a part of a show called The Morning Fix which is the show that replaced Mancow on Q-101,” Steve Tingle explains. “After […]
Cover Story: The Way Down Wanderers
Peoria natives The Way Down Wanderers may be new to many, but since dropping a self-titled debut in 2016, as well as a pair of EPs and a live recording, the quintet has steadily swelled their grassroots fan base with an alluring, frequently unexpected hybrid of heartland sounds. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Austin Krause-Thompson, mandolin player/violinist/guitarist/vocalist […]
Photo Gallery: Peter Murphy with David J. at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, located on the campus of the University of Chicago, is a most spectacular example of Gothic architecture. So there simply could not have been a more perfect backdrop for a performer whose musical genre shares the same name. Bauhaus (the band, not the art movement it took its name from) arguably created […]
Live Review and Gallery: Cher with Chic featuring Nile Rodgers at United Center
Cher/ Chic featuring Nile Rodgers United Center, Chicago Friday, February 8, 2019 Farewell season is in full swing, but like the majority of her career, Cher was well ahead of that curve when she waved goodbye 325 times from 2002 through 2005. Though she briefly encored while being “Dressed To Kill” in 2014, she’s back […]
Photo Gallery: LP at The Vic Theatre
Laura Pergolizzi is probably not a name that’s immediately familiar to even the most ardent of music fans. Even her performing moniker, LP, only nominally increases her reach. But to artist’s like Cher, Christina Aguilera and Backstreet Boys, her songwriting acumen has been long been cherished. Over the course of five albums and numerous EPs, […]
Hello My Name Is…Dave Meniketti of Y&T
Some artists hem and haw when trying to pinpoint the reason for their longevity. Not Dave Meniketti. He’s as surprised as the next guy about the four-decade career longevity of his Bay Area metal outfit Y&T, nee Yesterday and Today. They’ve survived because they’ve deserved to, a modern exercise in Darwinian natural selection. “We’ve honestly […]
Media: February 2019
Bill Turck’s road to his current location, co-hosting Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall on Sunday afternoons (1-3pm) on WGCO is one of the most interesting non-traditional radio roads ever traveled. Twenty plus years ago, he was literally in the most dangerous place in the world. “I arrived in Sarajevo just after Susan Sontag […]
Cover Story: Hozier
When Andrew Hozier-Byrne looks back on his past four successful years — ever since his eponymous debut disc went #1 in his native Ireland and Top 10 around the world, fueled by the irresistible, Gospel-fervent smash single “Take Me to Church” — he has a tough time remembering all his subsequent major career coups. […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Eric Johnson at Arcada Theatre
Eric Johnson Friday, January 25, 2019 Arcada Theatre, St. Charles Eric Johnson’s Ah Via Musicom tour, featuring his original 1990 bandmates – drummer Tommy Taylor and bassist Kyle Brock, pulled in to The Arcada Theatre on Friday night for a rescheduled show from October 31. Anticipation from ticket holders was high, to say the […]
Photo Gallery: Neil Young at Riverside Theater
IE’s Eddie_Spinelli captured the legendary Neil Young in Milwaukee at Riverside Theater last night. His intimate set of solo, CSN&Y & Crazy Horse classics were somewhat marred by a chatty crowd, but nothing this legend hasn’t seen before. Setlist via setlist.fm Mansion on the Hill (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) (Tour debut) Heart of […]
Live Review and Gallery: Alkaline Trio at Metro
Alkaline Trio Metro Thursday, January 3 Alkaline Trio played the first of four consecutive sold-out nights Thursday at Metro, marking their first hometown club show since the release of their latest album, 2018’s Is This Thing Cursed? The record represents arguably the band’s strongest output in over a decade, as it captures the spirit of […]
Cover Story: nothing, nowhere.
Cries for help don’t come much more urgently. Last month, brash young Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson — who had joked for months in sketches about being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder — lost any remaining shreds of humor about his often-debilitating condition when he posted an alarming message on Instagram, right before he […]
Media: January 2019
Dave Fogel has now been in the saddle as the morning man at WLS for a year. The return to his former station seemed to be destined. “I was doing mornings at WJMK, and CBS sold to Entercom out of the blue, a total surprise, and they changed the format overnight. I was out of […]
Photo Gallery: Los Lobos at City Winery
Ed Spinelli captured night one of four sold-out nights at City Winery. LA-based Tex-Mex and roots stars, Los Lobos treated the crowd to 2 sets, one acoustic and one electric to a stoked West Loop fandom.
Photo Gallery: Greta Van Fleet at Aragon Ballroom
One year after they played a sold-out show at Lincoln Hall, classic rock revivalists Greta Van Fleet sold-out 3 nights at Uptown’s Aragon Ballroom. Ed Spinelli captured the band on night one in the historic and acoustically challenging venue on Lawrence Avenue. Read our October 2018 Cover Story with the Greta Van Fleet
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