Music and Concerts – Page 128

Naked Raygun’s Jeff Pezzati, left, and Eric Spicer speak on a panel commemorating new record pressings at the Smashed Plastic record plant in Belmont Gardens on Oct. 10, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Tale of the tapes: Naked Raygun and Eleventh Dream Day create new albums from an essential Chicago archive

By Kevin McKeough

October 14, 2026 at 5:40 a.m.

A 1985 Naked Raygun show has become a limited-edition vinyl album.

FILE – Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom, after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur

By Jessica Hill

October 13, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for...

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the United Center on Oct. 11, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Rodrigo, in a sea of flowers, kicking her way towards what’s next

By Christopher Borrelli

October 12, 2026 at 10:38 a.m.

In Chicago at the United Center on her "Unraveled Tour," Olivia Rodrigo leans into the...

Suzanne Vega performs at the EXPO Center on April 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for ASCAP)

Suzanne Vega is forever going beyond time and space

By Janine Schaults

April 16, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

The longtime singer-songwriter arrives this month with guitarist Gerry Leonard for concerts at the Prairie...

Conductor Stilian Kirov leads The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra concert held at Ozinga Chapel Auditorium at Trinity Christian College on April 13, 2024, in Palos Heights. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

Review: In ‘Bologne, Mozart and Haydn,’ Illinois Philharmonic freshens up classics with a stage full of talent

By Hannah Edgar

April 15, 2024 at 2:12 p.m.

Under Stilian Kirov’s leadership, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra has climbed in quality in recent seasons.

Money Man performs onstage during Pandora presents City Vibes ATLANTA at Terminal West on June 29, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Terence Rushin/Getty Images for SiriusXM Pandora)

Money Man kicks off his Purple Heart Tour in Chicago, ‘one of my biggest fan bases’

By Mark P. Braboy

April 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

He chose to kick his tour off in the Windy City because it's where he’s...

Martin Atkins, of the band Pigface, at his Museum of Post Punk Industrial Music in Bridgeport on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. The museum filled with artifacts, is by appointment-only. Chicago is called arguably the birthplace of industrial music. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

This musician’s stash of post-punk music memories could fill a museum — so he did

By Jessi Roti

April 12, 2024 at 5:17 p.m.

Visitors to the hidden spot in Bridgeport "freak out over this stuff," Martin Atkins says....

Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, dies at 57

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

April 11, 2024 at 1:46 p.m.

Mister Cee, one of hip-hop’s pioneering DJs and a New York City radio personality who...

Back in the '30s and '40s, Chicago was the country music capital of the world. That's when the WLS National Barn Dance aired, with June Storey, from left, Gene Autry and Patsy Montana, circa 1940s. (baiduhai archive)

Column: There once was a time when our city was the country music capital

By Rick Kogan

April 10, 2024 at 12:28 p.m.

Some say that without Chicago, and without “National Barn Dance” on WLS radio, there would...

FILE – In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Morgan Wallen arrives at the CMT Music Awards on at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville. Wallen, 30, was booked into jail early Monday, April 8, 2024 on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, Metro Nashville Police tweeted. (AP Photo/Sanford Myers, File)

Country singer Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar

By Associated Press

April 8, 2024 at 7:32 p.m.

Country music singer Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair...

Jelly Roll performs during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jelly Roll dominates the 2024 CMT Music Awards with host Kelsea Ballerini and a Toby Keith tribute

By Associated Press

April 8, 2024 at 6:20 a.m.

Jelly Roll won big at the 2024 CMT Music Awards Sunday night, taking home three...

Billie Holiday, seen here in a photograph hanging at the Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles, is among the musicians whose master recordings were destroyed in a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood, a loss long hidden from public knowledge.

Today in History: Billie Holiday was born

By Associated Press

April 7, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

On April 7, 1915, jazz singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, also known as “Lady Day,” was born in...

New Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Klaus Mäkelä receives applause from the crowd as he takes a bow prior to conducting the CSO at Symphony Center on April 4, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: In thrilling Shostakovich, CSO music director designate Klaus Mäkelä shows 2027 can’t come soon enough

By Hannah Edgar

April 5, 2024 at 4:50 p.m.

The young conductor's hiring was made official earlier this week. His following concerts in Chicago...