Bob Gendron

Nothing trendy or modern crossed ZZ Top's path Tuesday at Chicago Theatre. Save for the brief sight of a smartphone in a background video, the veteran trio espoused a stubbornly...

Grizzly Bear demanded restraint from the crowd and its own members Sunday at a sold-out Riviera. Performing arty, atmospheric music that seldom revealed obvious moves or straightforward tempos, the quartet...

Peter Gabriel's association with spectacle stems from his days with Genesis in the early 1970s. The English singer didn't reach back that far Thursday at a fairly full United Center,...

Michael Kiwanuka paused in the middle of his 70-minute concert Wednesday at Park West to focus on the instrument that's captivated peers and critics during the past year: his voice....

David Byrne has about 30 years of experience on St. Vincent, a.k.a. Annie Clark. The gap collapsed Tuesday at a sold-out Chicago Theatre, where the youthful singer/guitarist took the reigns...

Bob Mould set the past and present on a collision course at the first of a two-night stand Thursday at a sold-out Metro, using nostalgia as a conduit to underscore...

"Our journey has just begun," intoned Brendan Perry at the start of Dead Can Dance's concert Tuesday at Pritzker Pavilion, his probing Irish timbre and stately delivery coming across as...

Esteemed world music is often said to break down borders to the extent that lyrics conveyed in a foreign tongue needn't any translation. Friday at Lincoln Hall, bi-continental ensemble the...

Shirley Manson arrived at a sold-out Metro on Tuesday looking ready to beat someone into submission. Wearing tall stiletto heels, black tights, a large necklace and sleeveless top, the spindly...

Rascal Flatts followed an unwritten showbiz strategy Saturday at a near-capacity First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. By making fans believe they had a bit of control, the superstar pop-country trio furthered...