After years of working on and performing their song, "Pursuit," Chicago band Pixel Grip woke up to a surprise when they heard ...

In the studio and onstage, Byron Gregory backed giants of soul, jazz, funk, and more—including Ramsey Lewis, Ruby Andrews, ...

Pegboy. // photo by Nick Spacek Pegboy with the Whiffs and Local Darling The Bottleneck Friday, July 11 It’s the weekend ...

The band, as Thomas noted, “ [wove] their city’s diverse influences into one, bold, beautiful sound…built on a tight R&B beat, beefed up with big-band horns, and jolted with [guitar] riffs ...

An award-winning Chicago reggae band is dealing with a major setback after their music equipment and instruments were stolen ...

Australian rockers AC/DC performed on stage for over two hours in support of their latest studio album Power Up, with singer ...

Dan Stewart, guitarist and singer for Chicago rock band Damager, gives the local music scene grind the gravity it deserves in “Local Band,” a feature-length film he directed showcasing the ...

Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” mined and helped ...

Math rock can be a spiky, foreboding genre for intense jazz nerds, but Chicago band Maps & Atlases steer it into more hook-driven woozy prog. They formed in 2004 and have spent the past couple ...

This band's concerts celebrate the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen ever-Classic Songs. 2025 marks the band’s 58th consecutive year of touring!

Dan Sullivan leads Chicago band NadNavillus in an instrumental direction The guitar and band leader walks WBEZ through three of the songs on his new album Upper Constant.

Is there a new manner of classical music afoot in the music of Chicago band Friko? Depends on who you ask. Half the duo, drummer Bailey Minzenberger, inherently senses parallels between music then ...