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

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Loughnane suggests the body of work, a collection of live performances from 1971, has been reworked more than ever before using modern recording technology Lou Pardini, Keith Howland, Walfredo Reyes ...

The six-man soul group takes the stage Friday for its fifth annual “Hollyy-Days” show, with holiday covers and new songs.

Chicago made the most of things as one of the first groups to appear after the Kennedy Center opened in September 1971, debuting a signature song. Keep scrolling to hear their muscular early version ...

The post The Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream: The Album Chicago Loved by the Band It Hated appeared first on Consequence. Presumably, in the early morning hours of July, after the proto-Pumpkins ...

Chicago was on a roll in 1971. They'd amassed three albums of studio material released across a two-year timespan. By the time they hit the stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

The 1977 multi-platinum album Rumours became Fleetwood Mac’s most celebrated album and one of Top Ten best-selling albums of all time. Ranked 7th in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Are you ready for it? Chicago Swifties are gearing up for the release of Taylor Swift's next album Thursday night, with some gathering around a mysterious mural in River North. On ...

Running and music often go hand in hand — but for Mauricio Reyes, bringing the two together created so much more. His organization, Album Runs, brings together runners as they each listen to an entire ...

This list from WBEZ and sister station Vocalo blurs lines and mixes genres, from hip-hop and R&B to indie rock, blues and jazz. 2024 brought forth a wealth of Chicago music spanning all genres. As we ...

Lee Loughnane knows there's no time like the present to revisit a classic. The trumpeter and founding member of the legendary band Chicago tells PEOPLE about the group's forthcoming album – Chicago at ...