Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

Beginning with Sondra Radvanovsky at the Lyric and including Steppenwolf’s Caroline Neff as well as Ryan Hake as the lead of ...

Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own. Here’s our annual celebration of the best Chicago shows of the year, in order, with an ...

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop ...

The Hallogallo scene increasingly includes musicians who’ve come to Chicago to be part of it or who live in other cities. Clockwise from top left: newish Chicago group Uniflora, the live band for Kai ...

CHICAGO — September: it’s the last real month of outdoor shows and features Riot Fest in Douglass Park. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best shows coming through the city. 9/5 — Shemekia Copeland, Old ...

Coldplay finally wrapped its 3 ½-year Music of the Spheres stadium marathon, setting a record for the highest-grossing tour by a band (it hit the billion mark last year and added nearly $465 million ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ’Tis the season when Chicago’s stages give way to Ebenezer Scrooges, George Baileys and Nutcracker princes — plus, the sounds of klezmer, flamenco, bluegrass ...

Music education fosters creativity, confidence, cognitive and motor skills, and social development. For families in Chicago, the city offers a wide spectrum – from preschool sing-alongs to teen rock ...

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Beginnings – A Celebration of the Music of Chicago will bring its acclaimed live show to The Newton Theatre, located at 234 Spring Street in Newton, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Doors open at 7 p.m., ...