Movie Review: Aretha’s ‘Amazing Grace’ – How Sweet The Sight
By January 1972, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin had firmly established herself as the First Lady of Music, with no other being her equal. In just five short years with…
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…
Stuck in the Beatles’ Tracks – The No. 2 Songs They Blocked from the Top
(May 13, 2019). Everyone who knows anything about the Beatles knows that they hold the record for having the most No. 1 songs in American chart history with 20. Their…
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…
40 Years Ago: The Season of Summer and Supertramp – and a “Bad” vs. “Breakfast” Battle to Remember
(April 27, 2019). In late March 1979, the English rock group Supertramp released its landmark album Breakfast In America. Six weeks later, on April 25, American disco goddess Donna Summer…