Dan Kening

It's not every day you hear a bluesman toss that corny campfire favorite "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" into his set. Then again, vocalist-guitarist Vance Kelly's version is mildly...

MEMO TO: Donald Trump FROM: Tempo 'Apprentice' Recruiting Subcommittee DATE: Monday, March 22 RE: You're Hired As per our discussion, and for your consideration, here's our list of top "Apprentice...

The Grammys are Sunday, but for us, the real action takes place on the club level. We celebrate our tuneful, diverse music scene with the first edition of Friday's local...

Sonia Dada Barefoot Soul (Calliope Music) If a band could ever be said to be a microcosm of Chicago, Sonia Dada is it. The eight-piece band is racially and ethnically...

Elliott Murphy and Iain Matthews La Terre Commune (Eminent) Take two virtual strangers -- one a Yank and the other a Brit -- put them in the studio together, and...

Eight people were taken to local hospitals, and a Cook Country Courthouse at 1340 S. Michigan Ave. and three adjacent buildings were evacuated this morning because of a natural gas...

Michael Coleman Do Your Thing! (Delmark) Blues guitarist-vocalist Michael Coleman describes "Do Your Thing!" as a party album and, indeed, listening to it transports you straight into the middle of...

Hank Williams Alone With His Guitar (Mercury) Score one for truth in labeling. This archival collection indeed features country music patriarch Hank Williams in a solo setting, and as such...

Hank Williams Alone With His Guitar (Mercury) Score one for truth in labeling. This archival collection indeed features country music patriarch Hank Williams in a solo setting, and as such...