Throughout his presidency, Obama was known for assembling playlists that showed a keen taste of music, both old and new.The Obama Foundation has continued this tradition by posting a new playlist to Spotify featuring songs inspired by his hometown of Chicago.Guest-curated by Chance, Mavis Staples, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Offerman, Dan Ackroyd and more,...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Taste Of Chicago, taking place July 5-9, has announced its full music lineup at Petrillo Music Shell and a separate Bud Light Stage. Headliners To WatchBen Harper & The Innocent Criminals Eclectic singer-songwriter Ben...

By: Alex WoodThe biggest month for music yet this year, our capsule reviews for April combine 31 excellent releases that should be on any music fan's radar. Father John Misty- Pure Comedy [4/7]With Pure Comedy, Father John Misty continues to be one of the most clever, brilliant songwriters in modern times. Its immediately less accessible...

Sufjan Stevens has been busy recently.The artist has been releasing songs from his collaborative album with Bryce Dessner, announced a mixtape of remixes and b-sides, and released a live album using songs from his 2015 Carrie & Lowell tour.Now, in correlation with the latter, Stevens has posted a full concert film from his Carrie &...

Last Saturday, Eddie Vedder performed at Bostons Paradise Rock Club as part of the annual Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert, created by Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein.For the show, Vedder was backed by members of Letters To Cleo, Buffalo Tom, and Belly, as well as baseball reporter Peter Gammons.Per usual, Vedder busted...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrow's Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know. Logan Square Arts Festival, set for June 23-25, has announced its headliners.The festival, which will include an expanded second stage, will feature METZ, Strand Of Oaks, Sad13 and Circuit Des Yeux.Headliners To...

NPG/Warner Bros are reissuing Princes iconic 1984 album Purple Rain in a remastered and expanded format this summer.Due out June 23, the rerelease will come in two packages, deluxe and expanded deluxe, both of which feature the remastered album, as overseen by Prince in 2015, and a second disc of previously unreleased material from the sessions.&...

Last night, Dave Grohl joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Jon Batiste for a rowdy performance of Santiago on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.The song, an original from the bands excellent recent release So It Is, featured the Foo Fighters frontman on a second drumset, with Batiste sitting in as a second...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber Of Commerce has announced the headliners for its annual Green Music Fest, which takes place June 10 and 11 on Damen Ave between North and Schiller.Headliners To WatchThe headliner for Saturday, June 10...

Planetarium, a new record attributed to Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner (The National), classical composer Nico Muhly and James McAlister (Sufjan Stevens, The Album Leaf), will be released June 9.The album will consist of 17 songs inspired by the solar system and other celestial formations and planets, based on an original composition they performed at the Brooklyn...