As the overhead lights dim and people begin to fill the room, DePaul graduate and independent artist Bril, or Bril.0_0, takes the stage of Bookclub Chicago. This is the first year that DePaul Music ...

Music legend Smokey Robinson, member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors recipient, winner of the National Medal of Arts, a Grammys Living ...

We asked readers for their favorite Chicago music venue. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Lincoln Hall. No bad seats, always good sound and great bands. Bonus points for being ...

Nightclub impresario Billy Dec and musician Wyclef Jean attend the Lollapalooza after party in 2012 at a popular Chicago club. Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images ...

The blues is alive and well” as Buddy Guy shares the stage with Gary Clark Jr. in what felt like a proverbial passing of the ...

Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet at the Jazz Cafe article by Andy Crowther, published on February 17, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find ...

Peplowski, who died Feb. 2, started playing clarinet professionally at age 10 and went on to perform with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and to record on his own. Originally broadcast July 7, 1999.

Uncanned Music founders Megan Pattison and Joseph Darling join us in studio to explain how they create personalized playlists for restaurants across Chicago. Congress receives redacted version of ...

All roads lead to Chicago this Memorial Day weekend as the city gets ready for Forever Mine Music Festival, a new two-day event bringing together early 2000s R&B stars and the house music legends that ...

A new music festival is coming to Chicago this May with a lineup that spans both iconic artists from the early 2000s like Juvenile, Shaggy and Monica, and popular House and R&B DJs including ...