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Sound check: Word to Naperville — Vanilla Ice is coming

By Brian Shamie 5 months ago

Tickets are on sale now for the new Naperville Music Festival featuring Vanilla Ice, Village People, Smash Mouth, Kool & the Gang and more. Plus, Bitter Jester’s grand finale ends with a bang. And summer festival season keeps on rolling.

Sound check: ‘Long Way Home’ supports children’s choir; Better Than Ezra, Brian Fallon livestreams

By Brian Shamie 5 months ago

A studio recording of “Long Way Home,” a theatrical production by the Q Brothers Collective, becomes available for streaming, and Marina City kicks off one of Wrigley’s hottest concerts of the summer, featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer.

The who, what, when and where of the Chicago and suburban music scene. Chicago Sound Check is a collaborative look by Daily Herald local music writer Brian Shamie and concert photographers Neal Zeleznak and Denis Cheng into the world of up-and-coming musicians working hard to express themselves, entertain others and make their mark.

Quite Frankly the Band

Sound check: Word to Naperville — Vanilla Ice is coming

Sound check: ‘Long Way Home’ supports children’s choir; Better Than Ezra, Brian Fallon livestreams

Fresh tracks: DuPage, Night Spice, Caroline Lucius, Divisor, Grace Coletta, Violet Crime and more

Discoveries of 2021: The Playlist

Discoveries from 2021: Some of our favorite releases and the new (to us) artists behind them

Fresh tracks: Summer Curse, Ryan Argast, Colleen Wild, Kate Fagan, Blue Car, Park & Main and more

Sound check: Sam Alex hosts Camp Broadcast benefit show

Sound check: After two years, Space Mafia is back

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