Yusuf: A “Cat” By Another Name Prowls Chicago
On Friday, September 30, singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known to us all as the legendary Cat Stevens, gave a stellar, intimate performance here at the Oriental Theatre in downtown Chicago…
America’s Four Most Troubling Years (Post WW2) – And the Music That Defined Them
As Americans commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil this September 11th, djrobblog takes a look back at the four years I consider to be…
Billy Joel in Chi-town – Wearing A Younger Man’s Clothes
The legendary Billy Joel played at Wrigley Field here in Chicago Friday night, and I got the chance to see him perform along with over 40,000 other elated fans. He…
One Is Indeed The Loneliest Number…and Other Odd – But Groovy – Things About Last Friday Night
Where can you get the voice of a former American Top 40 radio show host, six aging non-Hall of Fame bands from the 1960s – including one-third of Three Dog…
Barbra Streisand – Queen of Nothing, Ruler of Everything?
There are divas, and then there are DIVAS! In the world of music, including all its genres (rock, pop, soul, R&B, hip-hop, country, etc.), we tend to exalt our favorite…