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...

Full disclosure:  I know some of the guys in Railway Gamblers personally.  Some of them have even submitted stories for the site.But I think that fact sort of proves my point.  Earlier this year, I was given a rough mix of one of the first cuts from the forthcoming A...

Photos: Ashley Hamm Photography | Video: Don OlkerLots of music festival attendees claim that their experiences are "just like going away to summer camp".  Hell, there's even a long-running Illinois festival called Summer Camp, so yeah... there's some trying to capture that barefoot, worry-free magic of childhood summers.But Shoe Fest may actually have...

Something's brewing at Jeff Austin Headquarters.About to set off on a Spring tour of the East and Midwest, he'sgoing digging through the closet of his songbook to bring back some old favorites. To hear him tell it on his Facebook page:Over the last few months I've been bringing back some older songs i...

Hear that? Its the calendar page turning to our favorite month of Chicago music: Rocktober.While some of the bigger tours this fall will bypass the city, there are plenty of intimate shows at some of Chicagos finest venues that we think you should check out.In fact, we really think you should check em...

By @WeirScrewedRailway Gamblers are a young quartet whose debut album, Heart of the Sun, dropped this week. Fans of Americana and folk-rock, as presented through an indie-rock filter, will find something to like here.From the opening notes of She Rides, elements of all of the aforementioned genres are in play -- a deliberate and...

By: @WeirScrewedWhile many Chicago's best venues for live music tend to skew north, some of the best local talent can be found south of Archer Avenue.Brown Bag, The Leadfoot Band, and Caution have made a circuit of Americana/alt-country/bluegrass/jam bands that has been entertaining fans on the South Side over the past...