Category: Music and Concerts

Led by guest conductor Susanna Mälkki, CSO principal flutist Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson debuted Lowell Liebermann’s second flute concerto.

Mitski’s 90-minute concert was a peculiar and inventive display that blended performance art, avante-garde cabaret and interpretive dance.

After decades of anthemic shredding that flirts lovingly with classic rock bombast, an absence of self-aggrandizement — or perhaps, punk nonchalance — has left Sleater-Kinney one of the last great rock acts.

Backed by an all-female band, the singer did a little of everything while running through the majority of her catalog.

The four-day Lollapalooza music festival will be Aug. 1-4 in Chicago’s Grant Park, with some 170 bands on eight stages.

Also the Violent Femmes will play their debut album with Chicago Philharmonic, and the CSO’s opening weekend is genuinely stellar.

Alone on stage, Laetitia Sadier’s songs felt more intimate, allowing the audience to fall deeper into the lyrics and instrumentation.

  Pitchfork Music Festival has its summer 2023 lineup, with headliners xxx The festival will play Union Park July 19-21 in Chicago. Tickets are on sale went on sale Wednesday along with the announcement: 1-Day General Admission tickets start at $109, 3-Days at $219. Pitchfork PLUS tickets are $199 (single-day) and $399 (three-day). New this year are VIP Access tickets, starting at $379 (single-day) and $699 (three-day). This will be a change for the proudly democratic Pitchfork Music Festival. VIP Access tickets include front-of-stage viewing zones at both the Green and Red mainstages, as well as the previous side-stage bleachers, […]

“Spiritual jazz” has become an ever-squishier genre tag, but for the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, no other name fits.

Alkaline launched its current tour on Feb. 22, playing to a rapt crowd in Anaheim. The setlist varies from night to night, so each show presents fresh challenges: