Duke Tumatoe has played in REO Speedwagon and worked with John Fogerty, but after 60 years he’s still making most of his fans ...

I’ve been watching the fire as it comes from far away, wondering if I should stay,” she sings over gentle fingerpicked guitar ...

Michael Zerang has accompanied dance and theater for decades—including an upcoming puppet staging of Ursula K. Le Guin's Left ...

Chicago indie rockers This House Is Creaking experiment with lots of styles, but because they’re so clearly amusing ...

Chicago pop duo Drama have become a national phenomenon with an approach to dance music that’s both sophisticated and accessible.

Griefeater celebrate one of the great unsung albums of 2025, UK DJ Gilles Peterson visits for two events with International ...

For the past four years, New York–based booking agency Ground Control Touring has partnered with nonprofit Noise for Now to host an evening of simultaneous benefit concerts in multiple cities. The ...

Local duo Heet Deth make music that does more than transport you to the grimiest underground rock club imaginable—it also takes a wrecking ball to the club’s brick walls.

Jakarta-based duo Galdive make hushed, romantic music to soundtrack enchanted candlelit nights. Producer Osvaldo Rio “Osvaldorio” Nugroho A. and singer Tanisha Tishawiana “Tisha” Sadewo met in 2014 ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

Wayne Bennett put a shine on beloved recordings by Otis Rush and Bobby “Blue” Bland, but he only cut one single under his own ...

Pinwheel Records holds a sale to help with its imminent move, and two festivals this weekend take over three venues with 40 ...