Music
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County fair returns to McHenry, new tent to promote local talentAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Most years, things stay the same at the McHenry County Fair. This week, though, the fair will bring in the new. The McHenry County Fair, running today, Aug. 3 through Su...
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Suburban fans recall 1991 LollaAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - St. Charles resident Cheryl Pessetti speaks for a whole generation of music fans when she considers the fact that Lollapalooza is celebrating its 20th anniversary this y...
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For Chicago's Disappears, less is moreAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Listen to Chicago band Disappears, and you enter a shimmery, shadowy world that's both exhilarating and frightening. The band plays a stripped-down brand of rock 'n' rol...
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Mountain Goats bring literary touches to folk-rock songsAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - What's a good way for the leader of an indie folk-rock band to scare the heck out of his audience? Hire a death-metal musician to produce songs for a new record. That's ...
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Midsummer festival at St. Zachary Church in Des PlainesAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Augustfest 2011 Aug. 4-7 on the grounds of St. Zachary Catholic Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, two blocks east of Elmhurst Road. Food, beer and wine, raffle...
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Mt. Prospect restaurant hosts benefit concertAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Local musical sensation the Brass from the Past will be back for an encore benefit performance, Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Ye Olde Town Inn, 18 W. Busse Ave. in down...
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Kings of Leon cancels rest of U.S. tourAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill is suffering from vocal problems and exhaustion, forcing the band on Monday to cancel its U.S. tour. The cancell...
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Images: Paul McCartney at Wrigley FieldAug 01, 2011 1:00 am - ...
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Liberty Town Productions offers best of BroadwayAug 01, 2011 1:00 am - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville’s not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its third annual Musical Summer Showcase featuring the Best of Broadway Saturday, Au...
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Sing with New Tradition Chorus in HuntleyAug 01, 2011 12:00 am - Submitted by New Tradition Chorus The New Tradition Chorus, an award-winning men’s chorus and an Illinois District Champion of the Barbershop Harmony Society, will prese...