Althea Legaspi

Armed with new material from their recently released eponymous album, the men of Delta Spirit seemed on a mission to expand their sound and reach at their sold-out show at...

Though singer-guitarist Erika M. Anderson, who performs under her EMA initials, played to a modest crowd at Lincoln Hall on Saturday, she delivered her set with a festival-sized presence --...

A year ago, The Head and the Heart played its first Chicago show at Schubas. Wednesday night, they opened the first of two sold-out shows at the much larger Vic...

"Man, I'm getting too young for this," joked The Promise Ring singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen about halfway through their sold-out Metro show on Saturday. Later he asked the audience to...

It was hard to tell that 16 years had passed between albums with The Jayhawks' two principal songwriters when considering their classic sound at the crowded Vic Theatre on Friday....

Most bands express care and appreciation for fans during a set, though it's rarely demonstrated in an actionable way. While the just-shy-of-capacity audience at UIC Pavilion had their eyes focused...

British chart topper Kate Nash's proclaimed "hero" came in the form of a slight, seemingly harmless bespectacled crowd surfer at her sold-out performance at Lincoln Hall on Monday. He didn't...

With its roots-flecked focus and universal themes, Jakob Dylan's recent "Women + Country" houses a certain familiarity, and that feeling was enhanced by his Three Legs band at the comfortably...