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Lily Allen returns with anti-diva pop

August 24, 2021 at 11:35 p.m.

'Sheezus' Lily Allen (Warner Bros.) 3 stars (out of 4) On the title track that opens "Sheezus" (Warner Bros.), her third studio album, Lily Allen imagines that after five years...

Angel Olsen finds there’s power in numbers

June 17, 2018 at 2:53 p.m.

Angel Olsen started out playing the coffeehouse circuit in St. Louis and established herself as a solo performer in Chicago after her first EP and album. But now the newly...

Snoop Dogg gestures to the crowd before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins.

Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Kid Cudi to headline North Coast festival

June 17, 2018 at 2:55 p.m.

Bassnectar, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg and STS9 are among the headliners to be announced Thursday for the North Coast Music Festival in Union Park on Aug. 29-31. The rest of...

Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Kid Cudi to headline North Coast festival

November 3, 2021 at 8:42 p.m.

Bassnectar, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg and STS9 are among the headliners to be announced Thursday for the North Coast Music Festival in Union Park on Aug. 29-31. The rest of...

Angel Olsen finds there’s power in numbers

November 3, 2021 at 8:42 p.m.

Angel Olsen started out playing the coffeehouse circuit in St. Louis and established herself as a solo performer in Chicago after her first EP and album. But now the newly...

Angel Olsen finds there’s power in numbers

December 23, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.

Angel Olsen started out playing the coffeehouse circuit in St. Louis and established herself as a solo performer in Chicago after her first EP and album. But now the newly...

Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Kid Cudi to headline North Coast festival

December 23, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.

Bassnectar, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg and STS9 are among the headliners to be announced Thursday for the North Coast Music Festival in Union Park on Aug. 29-31. The rest of...

Musician Bob Mould of Husker Du and Sugar is a headliner of this summer's Downtown Sound series.

Downtown Sound lineup includes Bob Mould and Robbie Fulks

June 17, 2018 at 2:57 p.m.

Bob Mould, Richard Thompson and Shara Worden's My Brightest Diamond are among the headliners for this summer's Downtown Sound, Millennium Park's annual free concert series. Robbie Fulks kicks off the...

Alan Dixon, who served two terms in the U.S. Senate from Illinois, died July 6 at his home in downstate Fairview Heights. Dixon, a Democrat, served in the Senate from 1981 until 1993. He was 86.

DJ Rashad dead at 34: ‘Music lost a legend’

June 17, 2018 at 3:37 p.m.

DJ Rashad, aka Rashad Harden, started out as a dancer in Chicago clubs and streetcorners, and turned into a pioneering producer. He helped usher in the next wave of dance...

DJ Rashad dead at 34: ‘Music lost a legend’

August 24, 2021 at 11:22 p.m.

DJ Rashad, aka Rashad Harden, started out as a dancer in Chicago clubs and streetcorners, and turned into a pioneering producer. He helped usher in the next wave of dance...

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