Summer is over, but music festival season very much isn’t. Cue the Red Line Jazz Fest, an AACM festival and others.

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Our list includes an essential gospel music history, jazz through the eyes and ears of a former Tribune critic and an insider ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

From left to right: Chicago House Music Festival performers Chip E., Darryn Jones, and DJ Nehpets Credit: Courtesy the artists Few local events devoted to electronic music can match ARC Music Festival ...

Chicagoans who attend the Bob Dylan concert next Wednesday on Northerly Island will recognize a familiar face: local guitarist Joel Paterson, who on Tuesday joined the music legend’s band. Paterson, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago, the band, just announced some exciting news. Self-described as the "rock and roll band with horns," the iconic group ...

Across 200 pages, photographer Jim Newberry corrals his most candid snapshots and telling portraits of local luminaries like ...

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It took Chicago 10 albums to get their first No. 1 hit. In 1976, the Chicago-based "rock band with horns" topped the charts with "If You Leave Me Now." Written by Peter Cetera, "If You Leave Me Now" ...