Review: Under the Drum 2025 - Chordblossom
This month's Under the Drum was the Reade family's second year running the festival, tucked away on Breckenhill Farm about| Chordblossom
Elbow The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL October 6, 2025 Review and photos by Jeff Elbel Elbow’s arrival on Monday night was beautifully timed. The general mood in Chicago is currently tense – a frame of mind that this band from Manchester, England, is uniquely gifted to counter. Elbow reliably spreads goodwill and encourages community through […]| Illinois Entertainer
Supergrass The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL September 9, 2025 Review and photos by Jeff Elbel. Supergrass may not have scaled the same heights in North America as Britpop frontrunners, including the Verve, Blur, or touring hosts Radiohead during the ’90s and early ’00s, but the band from Oxford, England, made an indelible mark and […]| Illinois Entertainer
The Who United Center Chicago, IL September 7, 2025 Review by Jeff Elbel When the Who undertook their first farewell “Schlitz” tour in 1982, fans took them at their word and packed arenas. The British rockers even released a successful live album called Who’s Last in 1984. The following year, the band was strong-armed by […]| Illinois Entertainer
Lalah HathawayThe AnthemFriday, August 29, 2025 Lalah Hathaway wants everything vantablack — blacker than black, the blackest black, a black that reveals Hathaway’s genealogical relationship to sound, traceable to her father Donny Hathaway’s performance of “Be Real Black For Me.” Yet, being really Black is not the narrowness of negation, it is also a recognition… The post Yours Sincerely, Lalah Hathaway appeared first on CapitalBop.| CapitalBop
Live Review: Oasis • Soldier Field • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Nine Inch Nails at United Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
This month's Under the Drum was the Reade family's second year running the festival, tucked away on Breckenhill Farm about| Chordblossom
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2025 – Day One (Part One)| Illinois Entertainer
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2025 – Day One (Part Two)| Illinois Entertainer
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2025 – Day Two (Part One)| Illinois Entertainer
Lolla’s second day in the park continued to treat attendees with what was arguably the best weather the festival has ever experienced. Highs in the upper 70s and not a raindrop in sight were the backdrop for a day filled with performances from Alemeda, Jane Remover, Isabel Larosa, Zinadelphia, Caroline Kingsbury, T-Pain, The Dare, Djo, Wallows, and an absolute coup in the booking of pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo.| Illinois Entertainer
Photo Gallery: Lollapalooza 2025 – Day Three (Part Two)| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Cage The Elephant at Salt Shed • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Brokeback at Epiphany for the Arts Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
There is a certain school of thought that says you should never go back to places that you’ve had a| Chordblossom
Live Review and Photo Gallery: AC/DC with The Pretty Reckless at Soldier Field • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Paul Simon at Symphony Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Benmont Tench at Garcia’s • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Ministry at the Riviera Theatre • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Trivium with Bullet For My Valentine • Aragon Ballroom • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Daniel Lanois • Epiphany Center for the Arts • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve • Park West • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
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Live Review and Gallery: Andrew Bird’s Gezelligheid • Fourth Presbyterian Church • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: BEAT at Copernicus Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: David Gilmour at Madison Square Garden • New York, NY| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Richard Lloyd Trio with Ganser at The Hideout • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Sixpence None Sixpence None the Richer at City Winery • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review & Photo Gallery: Iron Maiden at Allstate Arena • Rosemont| Illinois Entertainer
After an instrumental appetizer of rollicking blues and tango, singer Rachel Williams strode to the stage with a striking presence, recalling Annie Lennox and Tilda Swinton to deliver “Give it All Up for Good.” While packed with Iguana’s witty and musically literate original material, the set list offered insight into the band’s motivating forces via carefully chosen covers, including Irma Thomas’ “Ruler of My Heart” (with Iguana’s saloon-Gershwin piano) and blues dynamo Sugar...| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Saga at Arcada Theatre • St. Charles, IL| Illinois Entertainer
Photo Gallery and Reap: Jelly Roll • United Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: The Red Pears with Ultra Q at Park West • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Recap and Gallery: Jeff Lynne’s ELO at The United Center • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Crowded House at Ravinia Festival • Highland Park| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: The Church at Summerfest • Milwaukee, WI| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss • Ravinia Festival • Highland Park| Illinois Entertainer
Photo Gallery: The Damned at Concord Hall • Chicago + Bonus Live Review from The Gothic Theatre • Denver| Illinois Entertainer
Live Review: Robyn Hitchcock at Old Town School of Folk Music • Chicago| Illinois Entertainer
