Music and Concerts – Page 97

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...

Fans of the band Beach Bunny wore rabbit ears on their heads during the Poll Party concert while the band performed at Thalia Hall on Dec. 28, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Review: Beach Bunny puts on a warm and communal Pool Party at Thalia Hall

By Britt Julious

December 29, 2024 at 1:31 p.m.

Lead singer Lili Trifilio has a way of connecting with her audience that feels both...

Mezzo-soprano Janet Jensen Reynolds is accompanied by members of the Kaia String Quartet during a Dec. 22 performance of Handel’s "Messiah" at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Area performers bring ‘Messiah’ to life at La Grange church

By Hank Beckman

December 27, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange hopes to make its first presentation of Handel's 'Messiah'...

Curator Ross Jordan, from left, associate director Matthew Randle-Bent and director Liesl Olson on Dec. 9, 2024, at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: All our names for 2024

By baiduhai

December 25, 2024 at 12:32 p.m.

As we approach the end of 2024, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on...

Jason Isbell, right, performs with 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden at the Salt Shed in Chicago on Feb. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Best of 2024: TV, movies, live music, theater and much more around Chicago

By baiduhai

December 25, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their...

Leylani Valencia, 8, center, a patient in Lurie Children’s Single Ventricle Center of Excellence, performs in the Fontan Choir at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in Evanston on Dec. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

‘A powerful connection’: Northwestern, Lurie create choir of children born with heart condition

By Lisa Schencker

December 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Researchers wondered if they could ease some of those symptoms — and improve the kids’...

The Kroell Family Singers, center, sing "Silent Night" with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Youth Chorus during a celebration of the anniversary of the song at Trinity Church, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, in New York. "Silent Night," one of the most famous songs of the Christmas season, is being celebrated as it approaches its 200th anniversary. Written and sung in Austria in December 1818, the song was first performed in the U.S. in 1839 at the Hamilton Memorial on the church's grounds by an Austrian family of traveling singers. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Today in History: Silent Night performed for the first time

By Associated Press

December 25, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

On Dec. 25, 1818, “Silent Night (Stille Nacht)” was publicly performed for the first time...

FILE – Producer Richard Perry poses for a photo in Los Angeles, Jan. 18, 1982. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Richard Perry, record producer behind ‘You’re So Vain’ and other hits, dies at 82

By Hillel Italie

December 24, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds...

Isaiah Collier on Dec. 4, 2024, at the DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz: Saxophonist Isaiah Collier has found his shape

By Hannah Edgar

December 19, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

His project “The Story of 400 Years" is one of several signs that the 26-year-old...

Niko Kapetan and Bailey Minzenberger of Chicago band Friko. (Daniel Topete)

Chicagoans of the Year for Pop Music: From hit album to a Lollapalooza set, this is Friko’s year

By Britt Julious

December 19, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

There are breakthrough years, and then there is Friko's 2024, from the release of their...

Justin Antos, second from left, the music teacher and band director at Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, stands with with students, from left, Julio Castillo, Serenitee Vazquez and Kourtney McGahan, and Eisenhower principal Benjamin Blakeley recently at the school. Antos is a finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award for the third time, and staff and students say he deserves to win. (School District 218)

Eisenhower’s Justin Antos a Grammy Award finalist for third time

By Janice Neumann

December 18, 2024 at 11:47 a.m.

Eisenhower High School music teacher and band leader Justin Antos is a third-time finalist for...