Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ...

The talent and generosity Simon Small brought to the city’s studios and stages won over a huge number of people in the emo, ...

Charles Joseph Smith is a beloved fixture on Chicago’s DIY scene, but the ambitious music he's been making for decades has ...

The lineup includes seven operas, three concerts, two movies, and the return of the spring musical with Guys and Dolls.

In A Body to Live In (2025), a newly released documentary, avant-garde filmmaker Angelo Madsen wrestles with Musafar’s ...

From powerhouse readings and book launches to immersive theater and hands-on workshops, April brings a citywide celebration of poetry’s verse, voice, and community.

Fick Patterson opened the West Loop makerspace with an eye toward accessibility and craft-school-style learning.

In the world of avant-garde heavy music, Sunn O))) are like a colossal black stone island in the middle of a river.

A new south-side hospital promises jobs and better care, but it may be a symptom of, rather than a treatment for, decadeslong ...

Chicago musicians and composers Dustin Laurenzi and Matt Gold have their hands in many pots. Gold is a versatile guitarist who’s lent his talents to the likes of Makaya McCraven, Jamila Woods, and ...

In February 2025, Swedish producer and songwriter Johan Nilsson talked to digital-music distributor Nina about his band Horse Vision, where he and Gabriel von Essen make blissful, bittersweet indie ...

Born in Newark, raised in Savannah, and trained at Berklee College of Music, Aliah Sheffield grew up listening to ...