Music and Concerts – Page 55

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...

Baritone Thomas Hampson in a performance of William Walton’s "Belshazzar's Feast" with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Klaus Mäkelä. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Mäkelä and CSO bring back a delicious ‘Feast’

By Hannah Edgar

October 9, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Fifty years have passed since the Chicago Symphony last played “Belshazzar’s Feast” by English composer...

All the artists stand together on stage after singing “Paradise” at the Chicago Theatre for Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine tribute show, Oct. 8, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Review: A heartfelt tribute to John Prine let his music and legacy shine through

By Bob Gendron

October 9, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

Musicians from Margo Price to Jeff Tweedy covered the late singer-songwriter's songs and channeled his...

June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash perform at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday Oct. 16, 1992. John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter, will discuss his parents and the new book, “The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of Songwriting,” along with author Mark Stielper and Chicago radio legend Terri Hemmert Oct. 30 at Elmhurst University. ( AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

Songs of Johnny Cash take center stage in Elmhurst at program featuring his son and radio legend Terri Hemmert

By Myrna Petlicki

October 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m.

WXRT DJ Terri Hemmert and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and his...

Folk singer and poet Judy Collins signs a copy of her new book for a fan Oct. 8 at the Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined Symposium at Plymouth Place Senior Living in La Grange Park. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Judy Collins recounts heights of fame, personal challenges at Aging Reimagined Symposium in La Grange Park

By Hank Beckman

October 21, 2025 at 5:06 a.m.

Folk singer and poet Judy Collins spoke at the Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined symposium...

Molly Clementz, left, and Elizabeth Shuman perform “Here Be Sirens”, an opera by Kate Soper, during the 2025 Ear Taxi Festival’s Anchor Performance at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Chicago on Oct. 17, 2025. (Troy Stolt/for the baiduhai)

Review: Back and bigger than ever, 2025’s Ear Taxi is a smooth ride

By Hannah Edgar

October 21, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

Against all odds, the Ear Taxi Festival is back — and how.

FILE – Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit performs a show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on June 20, 2025. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Limp Bizkit band members say bass player Sam Rivers has died

By Mark Scolforo

October 19, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Sam Rivers, the bass player in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday,...

La Caccina perform during a rehearsal of their fall concert, "Weird Sisters," on Oct. 6, 2025, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago. (Anastasia Busby/for the baiduhai)

Meet La Caccina, the choir celebrating strong women — and, this Halloween, witches

By Hannah Edgar

October 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The treble choir’s witch-themed “Weird Sisters” stretches from Devon Cole’s viral pop hit from 2022...

This undated photo provided by Matt Enos shows the Monterey Bay Aquarium t-shirt being printed by Liberty Graphics. (Matt Enos/Liberty Graphics via AP)

A T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift sparks a $2M windfall for sea otters

By Olga R. Rodriguez

October 17, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.

Taylor Swift wore a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium otter conservation T-shirt in a release party...

Incoming music director Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and violist Antoine Tamestit at Symphony Center in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: CSO and Mäkelä present a theatrical ‘Harold in Italy’ that the composer would have loved

By Hannah Edgar

October 17, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

Hector Berlioz, you would have loved Thursday’s Chicago Symphony concert.

Neko Case performs at Salt Shed in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Neko Case’s Salt Shed concert brings lightness and life to heavy times

By Bob Gendron

October 17, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

Touring behind her new album “Neon Grey Midnight Green,” her Chicago stop was a homecoming...

FILE – Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley, right, guitarist Ace Frehley, center, and bassist Gene Simmons play during the band’s farewell concert in the Detroit area, Thursday, May 25, 2000, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich.. (AP Photo/Paul Warner, File)

Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74

By Hannah Schoenbaum

October 16, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss,...

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin perform in Orchestra Hall in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025, as part of the Chicago Symphony Presents series. (Todd Rosenberg)

TwoSet Violin pulls a young, enthusiastic audience to Symphony Center: ‘Classical music can compete with brainrot’

By William Tong

October 15, 2025 at 12:06 p.m.

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could...