Frequent site visitors may be sick of my Spotify cheerleading by now -- but for me it remains the best way to experience new music, create and share playlists, and hear the music I want whenever and wherever I'd like.It also happens to be an awesome repository for the music I've loved for years....

Reporting by @WeirScrewedCrafting a true "destination" event can be as risky for a promoter as the improvisational turns that performers take on stage. Stakes are higher when the music is delivered by a one time configuration, then ratcheted up another notch when the supergroup draws from a pool best known for both Grateful Dead related...

This is the seventh edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series, one of the ways we like to showcase artists not yet featured on the site. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams, check out Volume Two, Volume Three,Volume Four,Volume Five, and...

John Kadlecik is no stranger to the Martyrs stage.  He played there weekly as a member of Dark Star Orchestra in the early days of that band.  Back in town for two scheduled Chicago gigs, tonight's ambitious Top Of The Tower Jam and Saturday's solo show back at the North Side club, the...

While Chicagoans were still glowing from a wild Bears victory last Sunday, Bill Nershi took the stage in a Denver Broncos (!) tie-dye.  You can't win them all I guess, but if you're a fan of banjo, you might consider putting this show in the victory column.Billed as a Travelin' McCourys show featuring Bill...

Spend enough time a concerts and this comic / chart from Virus Comix starts to look awfully familiar. Hopefully Phish fans can appreciate #12. But we're all #16 here, right?

I try to get a bunch of Chicago Shows up on the site in our audio visual section, but every now and then I need to catch up. Here a catch all post for some of the ifne shows posted up on archive from this fall.I guess it was technically still summer, but the...

Each year brings a little something different for the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. From big shows and headliners to outrageous special guests to diverse lineups and even a three night String Cheese run; the fest has followed its own muse to bring best and brightest to Chicago. In 2014 the fest takes a more "South...

Rising star Gary Clark Jr. is doing exactly what a rising star should do. He sold out the Vic Theater last night, and though he had been through Chicago as an opening act and on festival bills in the past, this Theater gig was a bit of milestone. A sell out crowd pretty much puts...

As a childhood Legomaniac and father of three boys, it's no surprise that my hearts races whenever I see something truly awesome made of the bricks, moreso if it's music related. If it's related to my favorite artists, I may have to be physically restrained from posting about it. Here's another trio of ultra creative...