Mariah Carey’s New Song Isn’t Even One Of The Best Songs With That Title
When older artists resort to incorporating F-bombs into their song titles or lyrics to try to appear more hip, it usually comes across trendy and trite, with a major fail…
John Oates’ Solo Show Might Make You Rethink Where the Soul in Hall & Oates Came From
Nine months ago, Billboard Magazine writer Chuck Daughin published an interview with John Oates, one half of the legendary pop duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, who had just released…
Three Big ‘80s Pop Bands Play Chicagoland… and Pay Respects to Aretha
On a day where millions of people worldwide watched as Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was memorialized in royal fashion in Detroit, some fellow Midwesterners got an up-close-and-personal bit of…
Gladys Knight & the O’Jays Keep Soul Alive In Chicagoland (a review)
On a recent night in and around Chicago there were several simultaneous concert choices, each with their own intrigue and each beckoning a different generation (and genre) of music fans.…
OLÉ ELO – Jeff Lynne’s ELO – with some Orchestral Maneuvers in the Chi! (a review)
Jeff Lynne, where have you and ELO been for four decades?!? That was the collective sentiment from the more than 16,000 awestruck fans who filled the Allstate Arena on Wednesday…