North Coast Music Festival August 31 September 2 @ Union ParkHeadliners To WatchJamiroquai Easily the biggest name in this announcement, the British funk act will perform its first Chicago show in more than a decade. Performing Sunday night, its the perfect headliner for this show, combining fun, funky vibes with enticing visuals.Miguel R&B mainstay Miguel...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Wintercamp February 23-24Bands To WatchWoody Goss Vulfpeck pianist Woody Goss will perform a solo set. A talented musician from the Skokie area, Goss released a solo album in 2016 between intense touring with the band....

By: Zach StoneIMG_0059Vulfpeck kicked off a run of four shows in three days at Chicago's Metro on Thursday night.  The Michigan-bred funk band wasted no time in getting right down to what they've been doing since the days when Chicago was one of the only stops on their touring itinerary.IMG_0214That means...

By: Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn) | Photos: Kristine Condon (@kristinebobean)TAUK first caught my attention back in 2013 at Summer Camp Music Festival.  They played an energetic set opposite Trey Anastasio Band as buckets of rain drenched Three Sisters Park.  While most of the festival crowd gravitated to TAB, it was fairly obvious to...

Photos: Kristine Condon PhotographyLesson #3 from our How Vulfpeck Hacked the Music Industry feature was "Sell Out Every Show".Given that the band had an upcoming show in Chicago at the time of publication, and it had yet to it sell out, you'd think we'd be sweatin' it.Sure it was as big a room...

By: Aaron Stein (@neddyo) | Photos: Adam Miszewski (@adjomi)Go To: Full Photo Gallery | Setlists & Media - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - SundayEvery year they play an NBA All-Star game and every year basketball fans look at the line-ups -- the amassed talent almost incomprehensible in its limitless possibilities -- and...

Click through the pages of this site, and you'll see plenty of coverage of Editor's Choice for top North Coast acts: Greensky Bluegrass, Vulfpeck, Umphrey's McGee, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, TAUK, and The Revivalists.But that casts a narrow net for a festival with so much more to offer across many more...

Apparently, this has been around since early last year, but it's the first time it's been on my radar.Here's a graphic score of James Jamerson's bassline on Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her".It's quite beautiful for a number of reasons.  It truly shows the genius of what Jamerson brought to...

By: Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn)If you haven't yet heard of Vulfpeck, maybe you're not paying attention.To put it mildly, the band is buzz-worthy.  Precisely, I think, because their causal renegade careless cool is offered like a code to crack.  Who are these guys and how do they get away with all this...

Reporting / Photos: Ryan Mannix & Jesse McMahanVulfpeck has come up so fast and so furious in the last year, it's nearly impossible to predict their next move.Chicago has been an early supporter of this Ann Arbor, Michigan-bred band, so when it came time for plotting a return to the city -- post-Brooklyn Bowl multi-night...