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Hello My Name is… Geddy Lee of Rush – talks about his “Effin’ Life”

Hello My Name is… Geddy Lee of Rush – talks about his “Effin’ Life”

| November 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

Rush bassist and frontman Geddy Lee makes it clear that the word “retirement” has no place in his vocabulary. Rush may be finished (or is it?), but Lee is a whirlwind of activity. His series for Paramount+, Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?, premieres on December 5 as an outgrowth of his best-selling […]

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Stage Buzz: Heaven 17, Prognosis, Ivy Ford Band, Damaged Justice

Stage Buzz: Heaven 17, Prognosis, Ivy Ford Band, Damaged Justice

| September 19, 2022

    Some of the best “new” blues players in the city are now women. You can add Ivy Ford and her band near the top of that list. Her soulful voice matches her abilities on the guitar. Raised in Waukegan, Ford’s self-released albums  (Harvesting My Roots is an in-office favorite) show she’s become one of […]

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IE Rewind: Prognosis

IE Rewind: Prognosis

| July 15, 2022 | 0 Comments

  Almost a year in the making, Deacon Productions founder Steve Kikoen has branched out from his musical tributes to ‘70s/‘80s stalwarts Steely Dan (and Santana) to even deeper AOR territory: Prog Rock. Kikoen’s newest project – Prognosis – is dedicated to progressive rock – which arguably exploded as a “genre” in 1968, powered by […]

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Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St Charles

Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St Charles

| June 14, 2022

    The Musical Box The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, IL Friday, June 10, 2022 The Musical Box, the renowned Genesis-with-Peter Gabriel tribute band, has long been a fan-favorite musical export from The Great White North. This Canadian marvel has entertained the enormous Genesis and Peter Gabriel following for 29 years, with next year marking […]

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Live Review: Steve Hackett at Copernicus Center • Chicago

Live Review: Steve Hackett at Copernicus Center • Chicago

| May 7, 2022

Steve Hacket and his band (Photo: Steven Kikoen)     Steve Hackett Copernicus Center Chicago, IL Thursday, May 5, 2022 Reviewed by Steven Kikoen I first saw Steve Hackett live at The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago in the ‘70s. It was the first Genesis tour after the departure of Peter Gabriel. The previous year, I […]

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Live Review: Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St. Charles

Live Review: Musical Box at Arcada Theatre • St. Charles

| November 26, 2021 | 0 Comments

  The Musical Box Saturday, November 20, 2021 Arcada Theatre, St. Charles by Steven Kikoen There’s an understanding among Genesis fans that when the time came where arguably the most prolific progressive rock ensemble that ever existed crossed the line into the pop microcosm, they would all secretly fain forgiveness and pretend to ignore this […]

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Live Review: Genesis at United Center • Chicago

Live Review: Genesis at United Center • Chicago

| November 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

  Genesis United Center November 15, 2021 Review by Andy Argyrakis Photo by Patrick Balls   When Phil Collins proved he was Not Dead Yet with a tell-all book and tour of the same name in 2018, speculation began swirling that another final hurrah with Genesis could be coming right around the corner. Though it […]

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Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre

Live Review: The Musical Box at Arcada Theatre

| April 10, 2019 | 0 Comments

.   The Musical Box Saturday, March 30, 2019 Arcada Theatre, St. Charles If you’ve ever wondered what traveling back in time would feel like, you would only have to go as far as the Arcada Theatre on the evening that The Musical Box and their current show, entitled A Genesis Extravaganza, arrived there. This […]

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Live Review and Photo Gallery: Phil Collins at United Center

Live Review and Photo Gallery: Phil Collins at United Center

| October 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Phil Collins United Center, Chicago Monday, October 22, 2018 Too many superstars perform so often that they oversaturate the marketplace and play to diminishing returns, but that hasn’t been the case for Phil Collins thus far this century, who outside of his “First Final Farewell” Tour in 2004 and a brief Genesis reunion in 2007 […]

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Live Review & Gallery – Sting and Peter Gabriel @ The United Center

Live Review & Gallery – Sting and Peter Gabriel @ The United Center

| July 11, 2016 | 0 Comments

Co-founders of The Police and Genesis team up for uber tour…

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Live Review and Photo Gallery: Steve Hackett

Live Review and Photo Gallery: Steve Hackett

| December 12, 2015 | 0 Comments

Groundbreaking Genesis guitarist is as passionate about performing these days as he was four decades ago…

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Feature Story: Mike + The Mechanics

Feature Story: Mike + The Mechanics

| March 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Certain Energy

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