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Festival Watch | Fitzgerald's American Music Festival

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature that breaks festival news into the facts you need to know.Fitzgeralds 37th Annual American Music Festival June 29-July 3Headliners To WatchNick Lowe with Los Straitjackets Esteemed English singer-songwriter returns to Fitzgeralds on Tuesday, July 3 for a performance with Nashville instrumentalists Los Straitjackets. Combining Lowes powerful songwriting with...

Photos / Setlist / Recap | Old 97s & Banditos @ Thalia Hall 10/28/15

By: Heidi Peters | Additional Reporting: Sam PetersOver twenty years into a career, Old 97s are making music with integrity rootedin great songs, masterful musicianship, engaging vocals and a broad range of styles.Introduced by WXRT's Johnny Mars, the bandoccupies a space where that station serves our market well. Where 20 years ago, they may have threatened...

Free Live Music & Movies in Millenium Park - The Downtown Sound

While many big cities bring bands to their free concert series, Chicago is booking musical artists, worthy of the incredible space in which they are allowed to perform: the futuristic looking and technically perfect Jay Pritzker pavilion in Millenium Park.  This years crop have a rarefied air about them and there are no...

Album Reviews | May 2015 Releases

By: Alex WoodMy Morning Jacket- The Waterfall [5/4]Though The Waterfall remains in line with Circuital and Evil Urges, its also like nothing else in the bands discography. The record plays into MMJs live sound, with clean production helping each instrumental layer remain clear and defined. Jim James vocals remain a focal point throughout, interchanging with...