Phish returns this weekend to Allstate Arena.  The former Rosemont Horizon has played host home of some memorable shows, including five previous Phish performances dating back to 1995.Chicago has long been a Midwest stronghold for the band, even more so in recent years as the band has scaled back its touring.  And like...

[instagram id="Be-roAVheCH"]Trey played his home state of New Jersey last night to kick off a relatively long solo and acoustic run.His one long set was peppered with the sort of personal speeches that have become common in these settings, and even included a new instrumental tune -- tentatively titled "Saudade", it is...

The music scene in Chicago never slows down, and were here to keep you on track. Here is a list of Tomorrows Verses favorite shows in town this week.Fleet Foxes @ Chicago Theatre 10/3 & 10/4Progressive folk-rock pioneers Fleet Foxes return to Chicago for their first shows in the city since 2011. With an excellent new album,...

It was an inter-generational psychedelic meeting of the minds when Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters hooked up with Phish at the peak of their powers at an amusement park in the summer of 1997.On the final show before their summer closing single band festival at the very tip of Maine, The Great Went,...

[instagram id="BWkc_g5A4QV"]When Phish kicks off an unusual summer of touring in your town with three shows -- and then delivers -- there are no small thoughts.  So, here are five big ideas taken away from the Northerly Island 2017 run.1. Can one song make an entire run?Let's talk...

As fans await the beginning of Phishs summer tour, bassist Mike Gordon announced big news of his own.Gordon will release a new studio album, OGOGO, on September 15, an will hit the road soon after.Backed by guitarist Scott Murawski, keyboardist Robert Walter, drummer John Kimock and percussionist Craig Myers, the record and tour share...

By: Steven Jurgensmeyer, Founder/Editor at AllMusicBooks.comIt was a trend started forever ago, in jazz dens, bluegrass festivals and folk haunts. Fans would recordsecretly and not so secretlytheir favorite musicians of the day, who plied their trade set after set, night after night. The Grateful Dead famously took that notion to the Nth...

By: Alex WoodGrandaddy- Last Place [3/3]Jason Lytles Grandaddy returned for Last Place, the bands first studio album in more than a decade. The record remains within the boundaries previously established on the bands older work, with layers of keyboards, swirling effects and a keen sense of melody. Lytles lyrics are quirky throughout, but more personal...

Chuck Berry passed away on Saturday at age 90.  It may be easier for him to stake the claim as the "inventor of rock and roll" than any other musician.Look no further than the artists who have adopted his songs into their own repertoire.  And it's not just one tune.  Sure there...

Photo: Patrick Jordan @treyanstasioThe three solo and acoustic shows that Trey Anastasio performed last week were indeed a rarity.  Thanks to a handy spreadsheet put together by @bizarchive, let's break down exactly how these fit in with the rest of his solo ouvre.52: number of complete or partial solo and acoustic sets publicly...