Sound check: Weekend Run Club, Local Motive, Trash Fiasco, Women’s Jazz Festival and more
Women’s Jazz Festival Hey Nonny celebrates the powerful voices of women in jazz with its
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Sound check: Ivy Ford, Toronzo Cannon kick off Blues and Brews Friday; T1 Fest at Reggies
Blues and Brews fest, Liquid Soul, T1 Fest, The Throwbacks and the Chicago Philharmonic summer schedule; plus more from Side Street Studio Arts and Bitter Jester.
Sound check: Marcy Playground, Cracker play Piazza’s Alt-Rock Rager
The Piazza in Aurora and the relaunched Q101 host the Alt-Rock Rager, featuring alternative favorites Cracker and Marcy Playground; Debbie Gibson and Randy Travis at the Des Plaines Theatre; plus Bitter Jester and Side Street Studio’s band battles and Lollapalooza aftershows.
The Million Reasons explores new musical ground with latest release ‘Haven’
Chicago rock band The Million Reasons follows up “If Not for the Fire” with “Haven,” an 11-song album that captures the intensity the band is known for while dabbling in new musical territory.
Sound check: Take the Reins benefit show; Justin Jesso reps Illinois on NBC
Take the Reins with Til Morning and The Linden Method; Northwest suburban Jacks and Atoms brings alternative rock to Mount Prospect; Loverboy visits the Arcada; and Glencoe native Justin Jesso shows off his songwriting skills Monday on NBC’s “American Song Contest.”
Indie rockers Midcentury Llama carve out a niche on Chicago’s music scene
Growing up on the North Shore, the members of the Chicago indie band, Midcentury Llama, spread out to other cities until all four of them returned to Chicago’s North Side in 2019.
Sound check: Sons of Ra EP release; Australia benefit show
Sons of Ra drops a new EP at BrauerHouse; make a “Tapestry” tribute the perfect date night; Australia benefit show at Beat Kitchen; and more.
Sound check: JC Brooks at Sleeping Village; Chris Isaak’s rockabilly Christmas
Soul at Sleeping Village The Chicago neo-soul rockers of the JC Brooks Band are bound
Sound check: Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers headline Outlaw Music Fest; Vinyl Pop, Kowloon Bay, Violet Crime release shows
Outlaw Music Fest Ever the rebel, country star Willie Nelson is kicking around on tour
Sound check: Badflower rocks, rips your heart out at free WKQX show
Badflower at BaseCamp Badflower is the epitome of modern rock: one foot in huge, hard-driving,
Sound check: AM Taxi celebrates ‘Shiver By Me’ release at Reggies
Kicking off the new album “Shiver By Me” with the rousing and rollicking previously released single “Saint Jane” was
Sound check: New King of Mars EP at Reggies
The King of Mars, the brassy, jazzy rock collective from Chicago and the far Northwest
Sound check: Suburbia Story headlines Palatine showcase
The Northwest suburban band Suburbia Story — which recently dropped the new single “Stars Crossed” — headlines a pop-punk