Greg Kot

Breakups can be inspiring, as centuries of music have proven. For Emeli Sande, heartbreak provided clarity and courage. In following up a 2012 album, "Our Version of Events," that sold...

Anna Fermin, a singer with a striking voice and a songwriter with a feel for the indelible image, thought she'd hit a wall with her music a few years ago....

When John Prine's band left the stage for a few songs, time melted away Friday at the Chicago Theatre and he was back at the old Fifth Peg on Armitage...

At 44, Common is better known as a Hollywood actor these days than he is a hip-hop artist. But he's influenced two generations of Chicago MCs — in many ways...

Few rock documentaries begin in such ignominy. Director Jim Jarmusch describes "Gimme Danger," which premieres Friday in Chicago theaters, as a celebration of the Stooges, "the greatest rock 'n' roll...

"The most daunting musical project I've done?" Mike Mills says when discussing his latest post-R.E.M. endeavor. "Yes, I'd say so." This from a man who played bass, sang backing vocals...

Leonard Cohen's "You Want it Darker" (Columbia) gets right down to the business of living up to its rather foreboding title. The 82-year-old songwriter's 14th studio album opens with the...