Every few months we get new music from ira glass, the Chicago band whose music might be too noisily aggressive to make it on the NPR airwaves. Despite recently releasing music through a record label, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys.

How does music speak to times of crisis? University of Chicago professor Steve Rings posed the question to clarinetist Stephen Williamson, violinist Danny Jin, and cellist John Sharp of the ...

they said. Born in Chicago, Collins first caught the attention of the city's emerging house music scene with his college radio show, Disco Madness, which he started in 1983. The show led to a club ...

The best things in life are free ... This multilayered epic of country music, politics and relationships is Robert Altman’s signature achievement. With its overlapping dialogue and roving ...

Director and producer Elegance Bratton, best known for his 2022 feature ... And elements of house music can be found in songs from Chicago rappers Kanye West and Common. These misses don’t ...

Brunch — not quite breakfast, not yet lunch — is one of the best parts of the weekend. The Eater Chicago Brunch Heatmap ... reservation through Tock. Tala House took over Bongo Room’s ...

The traditional Chicago-style hot dog comes “dragged through the garden,” but there are always new purveyors ready to shake things up with gourmet sausages and inventive toppings. The only ...

If you're looking for a common denominator among Warren's best original song nominees – besides quality – good luck. By Paul Grein Diane Warren is getting up there on the all-time list of top ...