Music
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Review: Barnett & Vile's 'Lotta Sea Lice' is pop guitar-fest
Oct 11, 2017 7:00 am - Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, "Lotta Sea Lice" (Matador Records) Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile get together for an indie-pop guitar fest on "Lotta Sea Lice," a low-key,...
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Review: Pink resurfaces with a slick and gloomy new CD
Oct 11, 2017 7:00 am - Pink, "Beautiful Trauma" (RCA Records) Things are not as perfect as they might seem in the land of Pink. The three-time Grammy winner may have loads of money, two kids a...
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Weekly picks: Glass Pumpkin Patch sprouts at Morton ArboretumOct 11, 2017 6:00 am - Fragile pumpkins See hundreds of decorative pumpkins made from colorful blown glass at the Glass Pumpkin Patch at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Along with ...
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Stephen Stills, Judy Collins to play Arcada in St. CharlesOct 11, 2017 1:00 am - Tickets to see singers-songwriters Stephen Stills and Judy Collins recount their tumultuous love affair through song will be available for purchase Thursday. The folk ic...
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Singer Bill Harley teaches, performs at District 158 schoolsOct 11, 2017 1:00 am - Students at two Lake in the Hills elementary schools will learn the art of songwriting from recording artist Bill Harley. Harley, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter...
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Taylor Swift, Barry Manilow heading to Allstate in DecemberOct 11, 2017 1:00 am - Christmas comes early for suburban fans of Taylor Swift and Barry Manilow, who will both play Rosemont's Allstate Arena in early December. Manilow brings his "A Very Bar...
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Sound check: Hurricane relief shows and Imagine DragonsOct 10, 2017 6:00 am - A time for Dragons Imagine Dragons' steady assault on airwaves and playlists everywhere started in 2012 with the solid alternative offering “It's Time” and reached a...
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ESO Woodwind Quintet to perform Oct. 15 at Poplar Creek LibraryOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Poplar Creek Library, 1405 S. Park Ave., Streamwood. The program holds music fro...
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Mount Prospect's Fall Fest/Oktoberfest offers seasonal fun for all agesOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2005, Mount Prospect debuted its Fall Fest event on the south side of the train tracks at the intersection of Wille Street and Prospect Avenue with the goal of p...
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Review: Robert Plant radiantly returns with rootsy, achy CD
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - Robert Plant, "Carry Fire" (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) One of the weirder chapters in rock history happened in 2014. That's when Led Zeppelin won a Grammy for best rock albu...