The Rolling Stones Defy Age, Logic – plus some minor imperfections – and Rock Chicago!
When The Rolling Stones come to play in your city, you go see them. For rock music fans and history lovers, it’s a no-brainer – a privilege not to be…
Revival: Chicago’s 34th Annual Gospel Music Festival – A “Praise Party In The Rain”
Gospel music is said by some to have originated in Chicago – mainly because its earliest professional recordings were here. And in any other year, the annual Chicago Gospel Music…
The Who Rock Chicagoland in Orchestral Fashion!
A cold damp night in an outdoor pavilion in Chicagoland isn’t the most ideal setting for a rock band fronted by two septuagenarians and backed by a full symphony orchestra…
Domo Arigato, Mr. DeYoung! Dennis DeYoung Brings Styx Retrospective Home to Chi: A Review
(May 5, 2019). “Where have you been all these years, I’m 72 years old?!” That was the response former Styx maestro Dennis DeYoung gave to the thousands of fans who…
Big-Boy Birthday Ballin’ w Dru Hill, Faith Evans and Doug E. Fresh!
Imagine you’re attending a birthday for a successful friend – a very successful friend at that – and yourself being the one pleasantly surprised. That’s what happened to this writer…