Music and Concerts – Page 10

FILE – Freddie Jackson attends a special screening of “The Magnificent Seven” in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for ’80s hits like ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70

By Maria Sherman

October 6, 2026 at 1:51 p.m.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ’80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For...

City Voices, under director William Chin, will perform “A Song of Joys,” a program of choral pieces inspired by the poetry of Sara Teasdale and Walt Whitman, in Oak Park on Oct. 17 and 18. (City Voices)

City Voices to put poetry of Walt Whitman and Sara Teasdale to song in Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

October 5, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Oak Park's City Voices will perform a program of choral pieces inspired by the poems...

Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Troy, Ohio. (AP Photo, Pool)

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn is sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder

By Julie Carr Smyth

October 5, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on “American Idol” was sentenced to...

DJ Heather performs during the 2017 Panorama Music Festival at Randall's Island on July 29, 2017, in New York City. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Growing ARC Music Festival carries on Chicago’s legacy of house music

By Jessi Roti

August 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

ARC Music Festival, now in its sixth year, expands to four days in Union Park....

A person reaches down to place flowers on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star of late US singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2026. Dolly Parton, the American country music singer who rose from poverty in Tennessee to become a US cultural giant with hits like "Jolene" and "9 to 5," has died at 80, her family said on Aug. 25. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Dolly Parton narrated our lives and unlocked our humanity. We were lucky to live in her world.

By Heidi Stevens

August 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Dolly Parton dared us to imagine. She dared us to care. She led us by...

Dolly Parton kisses Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Aug. 1, 1991, after she presented him with a music industry award for the city’s creation of a new country music festival. (Walter Kale/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: Remembering Dolly Parton in her own words when she visited Chicago

By Kori Rumore

August 31, 2026 at 8:31 a.m.

Here's a look back at Dolly Parton's time in and around Chicago through the decades...

Actor Keanu Reeves and his band Dogstar play an afternoon set at the 10th annual BottleRock Napa Valley event in California in 2023. The band will perform Oct. 17, 2026, at the event center at Hollywood Casino Aurora. (Chad Surmick/The Press Democrat)

Band featuring actor Keanu Reeves to perform at Hollywood Casino Aurora

By Aurora Beacon-News

August 27, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.

Dogstar, an alternative rock band featuring actor Keanu Reeves, will perform at the event center...

Kanye West performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2006. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Russian stadium says it won’t host Kanye West concerts

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

August 27, 2026 at 10:06 a.m.

The stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, that was scheduled to host two concerts headlined by...

James A. Gambrell, a former chef at Dollywood, touches the Dolly Parton statue in downtown Sevierville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Dolly Parton’s love of the Great Smoky Mountains helped transform her hometown

By Kimberlee Kruesi

August 26, 2026 at 5:20 p.m.

Dolly Parton spent her life elevating an often-overlooked region to showcase what long inspired her...

Headliner Willie Nelson performs with sons Lukas and Micah and his band as part of the Outlaw Music Festival at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island on Aug. 25, 2026. (Kevin McKeough / for the Tribune)

Review: Willie Nelson headlines Outlaw Music Festival, a day heavy with memories of Dolly Parton

By Kevin McKeough

August 26, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

With his sons Lukas and Micah seated on either side of him onstage, Willie Nelson...

Eliot McQuaide, 10, drops flowers at a mural of Dolly Parton in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood on Aug. 25, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicagoans mourn death of Dolly Parton: ‘How do we go back to normal?’

By Tess Kenny

August 26, 2026 at 9:34 a.m.

After Dolly Parton’s family announced she had died from cancer, Chicagoans flocked to a mural...

Dolly Parton in New York in 1975. Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died in Nashville on Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)

Photos: Icon Dolly Parton dead at 80

By baiduhai

August 26, 2026 at 6:56 p.m.

Dolly Parton, the country music icon, has died. She was 80 years old.

FILE – Dolly Parton performs at a United Way of America convention in Detroit, Friday, May 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Dolly Parton’s greatest songs, and the stories behind them

By Maria Sherman

August 25, 2026 at 3:34 p.m.

Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, was from the very beginning a songwriter.