Neal Francis and his band will preview tracks from “Return To Zero” on the eve of the album’s release at Lincoln Park club ...

Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn ...

Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Chicago native Billy Corgan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ groundbreaking ...

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 ...

This week’s batch includes new albums from PartyNextDoor & Drake, Skaiwater, Frog, Venturing, Mereba, Marshall Allen, Westside Gunn, Horsegirl, John Glacier, Richard Dawson, and Civilistjävel!

If you like your chamber music to be dense, droning, and dissonant, you’re probably a big fan of Lucy Railton. The British ...

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson will defend Chicago’s status as a “welcoming city” for immigrants before the Republican-controlled U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

And other times, they’re just desperate for a hook and wind up stealing one from a Corn Flakes jingle and placing the shitty tune on the same Beatles album as “A Day in the Life.” ...

But the very best song on her dazzling new album, out Friday, just might be the more downtempo “Blade of Grass,” an evocative piano ballad about undying, unvarnished love. The anthem is sure ...