Or at least they were there for a combination of the two. Shannon, guitarist Jason Narducy and a backing band performed R.E.M.’s 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction” in its entirety in Chicago in ...

Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her — “Edelweiss” from the musical “The Sound of Music,” a song usually performed by the ...

Last May, as the final serene measures of the “Dona nobis pacem” sounded in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, the ...

Miller Auditorium has announced its 2025-26 Zhang Broadway in West Michigan Series. Kicking off the series for the holiday ...

Nat King Cole’s music remains a timeless gift to the world. His smooth vocals, elegant phrasing, and ability to convey ...

Could the concert have benefited from better preparation? Probably, but her genuine spontaneity in playing the decades-old ...

The band never found commercial success and was torn by internal strife and drug addictions, breaking up after two albums by the middle ... turn as the Ghost of Christmas Past in Bill Murray ...

In 2024, Bright Eyes hit another obstacle just as it released its new album and launched a tour. Before going on the road, Bright Eyes had been rehearsing 10 to 12 hours a day for two or three days ...

Their personal songs of harmonizing energy are presented as the first duet recording released from Chicago's renowned couple, featuring gentle songs, swinging grooves, scat singing and expansive piano ...

After a six-year hiatus, The Young Mothers returns with their long-awaited third album, Better If You Let It. The band is a genre-agnostic supergroup influencing music in Austin, New York, Chicago, ...

Ironically, it’s hard to shake the feeling that the song—released as a single a month before Christmas—was intended, at least in part, to help give the album a seasonal push.