The 10,000 Lakes Festival announces the addition of The String Cheese Incident to the lineup, confirming a Minnesota performance on their summer tour. The Colorado-based group has spent more than a decade making innovative, genre-defying music and will perform two sets at the 10,000 Lakes Festival Friday, ...view article
What is it about certain bands that inspire fans to travel insane distances while on tour? Catching as many shows as they can possibly see in a limited amount of time? Some of my friends and family often question why I do it, why fly or drive thousands of combined miles to see the same band play ...view article
Umphrey's McGee is starting off 2011 with a bang, playing a four night run at the Mayan Holidaze party in Mexico, then down the East Coast, for their winter tour. January also marks the end of the Kevin Browning reign at the soundboard. Kevin's transitioning into a new role at Umph's headquarters ...view article
The band World5 is back in the studio and preparing to release its next single December 4th 2012 following the debut of its chart-topping album, Global Experience, earlier this year.
“We were excited to start recording again after receiving such a positive reaction to "Global Experience,” said ...view article
Friday evening kicked off the weekend with great music coming to Chicago, Lotus brought a stunning performance to the Vic Theater. Word of mouth has truly spread about this band attracting a large following over the past couple years. Live shows hooking those who attend, Chicago's fall tour ...view article
With toils and trouble all through Chicago, there was only one concert that could spook like no other. Down in the loop there brewed chaos as witches, zombies, ghosts, ghouls and even Max (from Where the Wild Things Are) s wormed the Auditorium Theater looking for life in the night. Antsy, wide eyed ...view article
Mickey Hart is currently touring in support of his latest recorded offering Superorganism, as well as celebrating his approaching 70th birthday. I personally have not kept up with Hart’s more recent projects, in fact the last piece I listened to with quite a bit of interest ...view article
eTown is a nationally syndicated radio show, heard weekly on NPR and other stations across the US. It features top musical artists and is taped in front of a live audience. This week’s featured artist was the Tedeschi Trucks Band, an 11 member group, led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. ...view article
Bursting beats from the Congress theater in late June was the dynamic duo populating the band Thievery Corporatio. Livening up the Logan Square district of Chicago, a flare of universal elements was brought to the stage with this group whose live performances bring astounding theatrics. A passion ...view article