Greg Kot’s guide to the 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival brings 42 bands and artists to Union Park this weekend. Here's a highly subjective guide to the best of the best: Friday Saturday Sunday Friday GREG...
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Wilco announces first new album since 2016
Wilco will release "Ode to Joy," its 11th studio album and first since 2016, on Oct. 4. On Tuesday the band released the first single from the forthcoming album, a...
Farm Aid to play Alpine Valley with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Bonnie Raitt
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews will once again bring Farm Aid to the Midwest on Sept. 21 with a concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in...
50 years on, Sandy Denny’s influence remains with Mumford, Decemberists and others
Sandy Denny was just another relatively obscure folk singer in London when a song she wrote, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" showed up on the American pop charts as...
Review: Prince’s album of giveaways affirms his ’80s dominance
The latest Prince vault excavation, "Originals" (NPG/Warner Brothers), brings together 15 demos that he wrote for other artists, many of them hits, a further testament to how thoroughly this singular...
Greg Kot picks his top 10 albums of the year so far
At the midpoint of 2019, here are my 10 favorite albums of the year so far: 1. Jamila Woods, "Legacy! Legacy!" (Jagjaguwar) The poet-educator-activist reminds her community that it stands...
The Rolling Stones review: A rejuvenated Mick Jagger leads the band at Soldier Field
When you get a smile from Charlie Watts, it's something. Watts is the most self-effacing of the Rolling Stones, and typically plays the drums with a focus that precludes trivial...
The Rolling Stones review: A rejuvenated Mick Jagger leads the band at Soldier Field
When you get a smile from Charlie Watts, it's something. Watts is the most self-effacing of the Rolling Stones, and typically plays the drums with a focus that precludes trivial...
Review: Raconteurs reconvene and Jack White regains his stride on ‘Help Us Stranger’
Jack White's recent solo albums have been wildly erratic, as if he were trying too hard to find an identity outside the long-gone White Stripes, his powerhouse Detroit duo with...
Review: Rosanne Cash and Ry Cooder put fresh twist on Johnny Cash songs at Chicago Theatre
Rosanne Cash gave fair warning at the top of her concert Tuesday at the Chicago Theatre. This wasn't going to be a typically reverent tribute concert, even if it was...