There has been a treasure trove of incredible video and audio to emerge from last weekend's Phases Of The Moon festival.  I won't be able to share all of it (though I just might try).These two sets get the first treatment though.  They were my first SCI experience in about nine years...

Two Guitars & A Mug Of Tea - Billy Bragg @ City Winery 9/12/14Photos: Heidi Peters | Additional Reporting: Des PetersThe last time Billy Bragg played Chicago's City Winery he brought along his band. This time, he arrived with just two guitars and a mug of tea.Bragg bounded on to stage and after a brief How...

The Flaming Lips put an exclamation point on a nine song set at Riot Fest, with a confetti laden, cover of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Wyatt was on hand to capture the festivities.The set also included a Chemical Brothers cover ("The Golden Path") alongside Lips classics like "Yoshimi" and "Do You Realize?"....

Sure, there were some challenges getting in to the festival earlier in the week, but most folks had settled down and put any frustration behind them.Apparently not this guy, who thought that deep into Panic's Sunday night headlining set was a great time to rush the stage. Here's video via evenstev(which also includes...

The weather has not been kind to the inaugural Phases Of The Moon festival, but there has been some undeniably great moments on stage to put frustrations with logistics at ease.  We'll have more on the festival in the coming days but wanted to share the first round of photos and setlists that we...

Photos by Rickie KostinerStreet festivals have always been a Chicago summer rite of passage. We've got four, maybe five months of weather to support them and plenty of places for them to pop up and take on different neighborhood flavors.But it wasn't too long ago that they all pretty much boasted a similar lineup...

Petty and his Heartbreakers mixed four songs from Hypnotic Eye with a couple of interesting covers and (of course) big hits from throughout their career.Check out some great video of a few tunes below.Here's the review from this morning's Trib.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers August 23rd, 2014 So You Want to Be a...

Photos: Michael KaizWhen a pair of David Crosby shows scheduled for this past February at City Winery were postponed for "unforeseen circumstances", you'd be forgiven if you happened to swallow hard and try not to think of the worst. Indeed, those circumstance turned out to be a heart operation... another trial in what has amounted...

Anders Osborne placed top ten in The Barn's year-end best list for two years running. The few last times he passed through the area, it was with an acoustic in hand: a solo gig and the Southern Soul Assembly, both at SPACE in Evanston.So it was appropriate that Anders brought the full Electric New...

Photos: Rickie KostinerPreservation Hall Jazz Band is a lot of things. An institution. An unbelievably great time. A slice of the real New Orleans. A wide range of tones, sounds and rhythmns. Now I can officially add to that list: photogenic.Yep, there is something about seeing generations of men, who embrace, live and tour...