Kevin Williams

We're from the press ... we're here to help. You have two problems: You're tapped out from the holiday excesses that you promised you would resist this year; you forgot...

Lounge Ax. In thinking about Chicago's indie venue history, everything has, will and will always point to the late, great, low-ceilinged joint on Lincoln Avenue. Not only was the venue...

The Taste of Chicago has a tough hustle. Over the years, it's always been "We have this really awesome food, and a little bit of entertainment." The musical acts were...

You don't know Erin Bauer, but if over the past few years you've noticed that music (particularly local sounds) at Taste of Chicago is getting better, she's the reason. It's...

Musical irritants come in many forms. Sometimes you have a band that despite your most fervent entreaties to the gods of rock, just won't stop. Skid Row, we're talking to...

Now this is a humanities fest that we can get behind. It isn't that we don't respect the full-size Chicago Humanities Festival, but it is usually people standing or sitting...

Two reasons to get out of the house this week. Take along earplugs. Azita Imagine you have a friend who, in trying to get your attention, says "Hey!" Repeatedly. Ad...

There is an immense, veritable pig pile of reasons to love guitar wizard Eric Johnson. Tinnitus is but one. It was 1996, and the G3 concert tour, featuring Johnson, Steve...