Major league baseball players have reported for Spring Training…and so have The Black Crowes! Fresh off their announcement of their recent reunion and upcoming summer tour, where they will perform their hit debut album Shake Your Moneymaker in its entirety, the brothers Robinson, Chris and Rich, have embarked on a …
Read More »Judas Priest Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
(Press Release) One of heavy metal’s all-time greats, Judas Priest will be celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with a world tour coming to the US in the fall. The 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour will also feature Sabaton as openers and is being fueled by the highest charting album …
Read More »Gallery: Soul Asylum at Metro, Chicago, IL. 02.14.20
90’s rock juggernaut Soul Asylum are back in 2020 with a new album, Hurry Up And Wait, which is due out 4/17/20. The band are out on tour in anticipation of the new release, and stopped into Chicago’s Metro on Valentine’s Day to air out old SA classics as well …
Read More »Live Review + Gallery: Allman Betts Band at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL. 02.05.20
You might suspect that if the offspring of members of the Allman Brothers band got together, something good might come of it. And you’d be right! Devon Allman and Duane Betts’ group, The Allman Betts Band, begins a new musical legacy for the musicians with a rich musical family heritage. …
Read More »Live Review + Gallery: Sons of Apollo at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL. 1.31.20
Progressive metal group, Sons of Apollo, has returned with their second album, MMXX (2020), which builds upon the foundation they laid with 2018’s Psychotic Symphony. And the group is also building upon the chemistry they developed while out supporting their previous album, on their new tour, which started at the …
Read More »Live Review + Gallery: Donnie Vie at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn, IL. 1.4.20
Former Enuff Z’nuff singer, Donnie Vie, has a beautiful “new thing”, a recent (released in mid 2019) solo album entitled Beautiful Things. Vie told the crowd gathered at Fitzgerald’s on 1/4/20 that it was his first rock show in 5 years, and there was some rust… he related he was …
Read More »Gallery: Marcus King Band at Thalia Hall in Chicago 12.14.19
Gallery: Goose at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL (12.12.19)
Live Review + Gallery: Pete Yorn and Michigander at Metro, Chicago, IL (11.19.19)
The world needs more Pete Yorns: singer/songwriters who actually play instruments, have unique voices (literally and figuratively), and who make good music. A novel concept in a time of more disposable music than ever before, right? My first exposure to Pete Yorn was his debut album, Musicforthemorningafter, back in 2001. …
Read More »Gallery: FINNEAS at Thalia Hall in Chicago, IL (10.20.19)
Gallery: Sara Bareilles at United Center in Chicago, IL (10.15.19)
Live Review + Gallery: Toto at Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL. 10.04.19
Rock stalwarts, Toto, are still celebrating their 40th anniversary (their first album, which I still have on vinyl!, was released in 1978) and their greatest hits album, 40 Trips Around The Sun, out on tour bringing the music to the people. The band brought their eclectic style of music, some …
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