Powerhouse Ellie Goulding fills Aragon with charm
It may have been the biggest venue the UK's Ellie Goulding said she's played, but at her sold-out show at Aragon on Tuesday, she proved she had the pipes to...
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Emeli Sande shows off her vocal chops at Lincoln Hall
"Thank you for taking a chance on new music," Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé said Tuesday during her sold-out show at Lincoln Hall. While it's true she's relatively new to these...
Emeli Sande shows off her vocal chops at Lincoln Hall
"Thank you for taking a chance on new music," Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé said Tuesday during her sold-out show at Lincoln Hall. While it's true she's relatively new to these...
Wild Belle previews grooves at Lincoln Hall
It may have been a frigid January night, but Wild Belle sizzled at the full-house Lincoln Hall on Thursday during the second night of Tomorrow Never Knows Festival. With a...
Of Monsters and Men expansive at Riv
During Of Monsters and Men's performance at Riviera Theatre on Sunday, the first of two sold-out shows, the sextet only played a brief 75-minute set. But it was one that...
Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas revelry turns poignant
"You know, to be honest, I hate Christmas," Sufjan Stevens remarked at his sold-out show at Metro on Saturday. Given the show was billed as "The Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long...
Kids These Days — grooving to it all at the Vic
When Kids These Days' rapper Vic Mensa asked the audience at a sold-out show at Vic Theatre on Saturday who was from different parts of Chicago, , he got responses...
Dapper, soulful and weird R. Kelly on display at Arie Crown
R. Kelly knows how to make an entrance. At Arie Crown Theater on Thursday, he descended a white staircase in his dapper best – dressed in all white, his jacket...
Dapper, soulful and weird R. Kelly on display at Arie Crown
R. Kelly knows how to make an entrance. At Arie Crown Theater on Thursday, he descended a white staircase in his dapper best – dressed in all white, his jacket...
An emotionally charged set from Alanis Morissette
For a singer who has gone through several incarnations, from teen popster to hyper-confessional songwriter (along with relationship highs and lows) in the span of her 21-year-long career, Alanis Morissette...