Music and Concerts – Page 7

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...

Lalah Hathaway's latest album is "Made in Chicago," released on Oct. 1, on what would have been her father Donny Hathaway's birthday. (Lyndon French)

Singer Lalah Hathaway combines melancholy and nostalgia in ‘Made in Chicago’

By Britt Julious

October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Her latest album, released on her late father Donny Hathaway's birthday, is not just about...

FILE – Ella Langley arrives at the IHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Ella Langley leads Country Music Association Awards nods, with mentor Miranda Lambert close behind

By Mark Kennedy

September 10, 2026 at 8:32 a.m.

Ella Langley leads the nominations for the 2026 Country Music Association Awards with nine nods,...

A hot-air balloon shaped as a drinking glass flies over the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept. 27, 2008, in Melbourne. (Andrew Chapman/AP file)

From test cricket marathons to the NFL: Melbourne’s MCG readies for LA Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers

By John Pye

September 10, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A debut Down Under has been a long time coming for the NFL. It’s a...

Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton, of Salt-N-Pepa, perform at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island on Sept. 8, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Review: En Vogue, TLC and Salt-N-Pepa throw a nostalgic dance party in Chicago

By Britt Julious

September 9, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

The joy of singing or rapping along to a song that has moved with you...

Lil Durk performs at the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park on July 30, 2022, in Chicago. (Raquel Zaldívar/baiduhai)

Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial: What to know

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

September 9, 2026 at 11:46 a.m.

Lil Durk, the rapper born Durk Banks, is accused of plotting to kill a rival...

Kathleen Edwards performing in 2003 at the Park West on Armitage in Chicago. (Michael Walker / for the Tribune)

At the Evanston Folk Festival, Kathleen Edwards plays with musicians who shaped her

By Doug George

September 9, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards plays the Evanston Folk Festival this coming weekend as one of...

Stevie Wonder performs during the opening of the Obama Presidential Center on June 18, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Stevie Wonder announces Chicago concert in November

By Doug George

September 8, 2026 at 9:11 a.m.

Stevie Wonder has announced a "Songs In The Key of Life: 50th Anniversary" world tour...

Vocalist Dee Alexander performs as part of Emma Dayhuff Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project, at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion during the Chicago Jazz Festival on Sept. 4, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: At Jazz Fest, standout sets from Dee Dee Bridgewater and Emma Dayhuff, and an overheard bass beat

By Hannah Edgar

September 7, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.

Also over a memorable weekend in Millennium Park, pianist Robert Glasper, trumpeter Ella Grace and...

In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and a founder of Death Row Records, Marion "Suge" Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)

Today in History: Tupac Shakur shot

By Associated Press

September 7, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 7, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas...

People play instruments at Music and Potlucks monthly folk jam at Friendly Music Community in Berwyn on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park-based Music and Potlucks helps fight hunger through folk songs

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 4, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

An Oak Park based group is using the power of folk music to help fight...

Trumpet player Marquis Hill in 2021 at the Jazz Showcase in Chicagowhere he returns for a residency this winter. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Classical and jazz for fall 2026: From CSO to Jazz Showcase, music is back in business

By Hannah Edgar

September 4, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Along with the heavy hitters at Symphony Center and Hyde Park Jazz Fest, our fall...