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Music Review: Rebecca Black says goodbye to ‘Friday’ and masters the dance floor on ‘Salvation’

By RON HARRIS
Feb 25, 2025 8:42 am - Rebecca Black, she of the inescapable 2011 online smash hit “Friday,” has a new dance-heavy EP, “Salvation.” For an artist who first emerged at age 13 promising danceable fuel, she continues to deliver — just with a very different approach.
Best Bets: ‘Fraggle Rock’ live, Monster Jam, Tom Segura, Ballet Folklórico

By Scott C. Morgan
Feb 25, 2025 6:27 am - “Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock” tours to Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre, the Monster Jam roars back into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, and the Music of the Baroque memorializes Christian martyrs in Handel’s “Theodora” in Skokie and Chicago.
Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 24, 2025 9:54 am - Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. She was 88.
What to stream: The Oscars, Kate Hudson in 'Running Point' and 'Nickel Boys'

By The Associated Press
Feb 24, 2025 6:00 am - The Oscars telecast hosted by Conan O’Brien and Kate Hudson playing a pro basketball team president in a new Netflix series called “Running Point” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Jerry 'Ice Man' Butler, soul singer whose hits included 'Only the Strong Survive,' dies at 85

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 21, 2025 12:57 pm - Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died at age 85.
Music Review: Tate McRae’s ‘So Close to What’ entices with post-Britney Spears, dirty, breathy pop

By CRISTINA JALERU
Feb 21, 2025 6:38 am - She can sing. She can dance. She’s mastered a sultry gaze. She can write a smutty phrase. Is Tate McRae the new princess of dirty, breathy pop? At 21 she’s released her third studio album, “So Close to What,” and is gearing up for a world tour.
Q&A: Jagged Edge’s new album celebrates love, longevity and brotherhood

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON
Feb 18, 2025 4:55 pm - When Jagged Edge first formed in their teens, they realized the sum of their group would be greater than its individual parts — an understanding that’s been the main ingredient of their success for nearly three decades. They just released their 11th studio album, “All Original Parts: Vol. 1.”
Concerts Feb. 21-27: Air Supply, Parmalee, LoCash and more

By Luke Zurawski
Feb 18, 2025 12:15 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Air Supply, Parmalee, Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press, Tab Benoit, LoCash, Mellencougar and more.
Things to do Feb. 21-27: Drumline Live, Bonsai Silhouette Show, Lake County Craft Beer Fest and more

By Luke Zurawski
Feb 18, 2025 9:34 am - Mark your calendar for Drumline Live at the Genesee Theatre, the Bonsai Silhouette Show at the Morton Arboretum, the Lake County Craft Beer Festival, Unicorn World at Rosemont’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and more happening this week.
Best Bets: Barricade Boys and YAMATO drummers on stage at the MAC

By Barbara Vitello
Feb 17, 2025 6:25 pm - The MAC welcomes The Barricade Boys and YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan, the stars of “Queer Eye” share backstage tales at the Chicago Theatre and singer-actress Alexis J. Roston channels jazz great Ella Fitzgerald at the Metropolis.

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