While you can always check our Events Page for upcoming live music in Chicago, here's Tomorrow's Verse's picks for the best shows to catch in the month of March. 1. Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band - March 7 & 8In a rare chance to catch the Deads bassist in Chicago, Phil Lesh will perform...

[instagram id="BfULrGzHnN1"]Infamous Stringusters are still riding high from an unexpected Grammy win.Leftover Salmon is prepping the release of a record of their own, and are as creative as possible with their live appearances in Chicago lately.Of course, they'd meet up for a pair of co-headline gigs on a February...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Blue Ox Music Festival June 14-16Headliners To WatchGreensky Bluegrass They've been a big part of the fest since the beginning, and Tomorrow's Verse favorites Greensky Bluegrass have proved themselves as one of the...

Bootsy Collins World Wide Funk [10/27]Parliament leader and bassist Bootsy Collins returns with World Wide Funk, which may be one of his funkiest records yet. Joined by a slew of stars and admirers including Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Buckethead, each song is offers a different side of the funk spectrum without losing its party-ready...

Now in its third incarnation, it appears the organizer's of Blue Ox have hit on some special when curating their forward-looking, bluegrass leaning lineup.Perhaps its the artist curation -- MInnesota's Pert Near Sandstone, plays a role and has two festival slots, but the lineup is a music lover's dream.Punch Brothers, Greensky Bluegrass and...

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...

Infamous Stringdusters brought the Ladies & Gentlemen tour to Park West on Friday night, with special guest Nicki Bluhm. She's making a habit of bluegrass sit-ins in Chicago, we last saw her with Greensky Bluegrass around New Years.Nicki guests on "Still The One" on the tour's eponymous album, but on this night she also...

More to come on this show but first, the setlist and some media...Keller Williams' Grateful Grass feat. Infamous StringdustersJack StrawBrown Eyed WomenCandymanCold Rain & SnowFeel Like A StrangerBig RiverCumberland (They Love Each Other mashup version)Mr Charlie (Bird Song teases)On The Road AgainHe's GoneSamson & DelilahScarlet BegoniasGreensky BluegrassJuliusDemons"On behalf of the entire...

Photos: Rickie KostinerEast met West, when two rising progressive bluegrass stars brought their tour through Chicago on Wednesday night. The Infamous Stringdusters hail from Charlottesville, Virginia and Fruition has been tearing up the West Coast from their Oregon home base. But there's nothing middle-of-the-road about their music, which features fierce picking, smooth vocals and a...

When I first published my list of nine acoustic bands to watch in April of 2010 (recently revised and updated), it included two bands who have subsequently gone on to become brothers (and sister) of the road. With styles that complement each other to a tee, I couldn't be more pleased that the Cornmeal / Hot Buttered...