The Broods is a duo of brother and sister working to together Georgia Nottingham on the lead vocal and Caleb Nottingham as the backing vocal. Throughout their career they’ve collab with many groups and artists. Because of that they’ve been on the right track including releasing their own albums along the way. Get your tickets here
Lara Filip is a songwriter/singer in the Chicagoland area. She met her writing partner and keyboard player while attending the Chicago Academy for the Arts for vocal performance. She then went off perfessionally in musical theatre going on tour. She started writing songs in 2009 where she reached out for assistance from her friend Liam Davis who Grammy nominated as a producer. From then she...
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Kyle Craft is an American singer/songwriter who like a swamp bar jukebox loaded with British glitter and seventies southern rock. Inspired by a compilation of David Bowie’s songs he stared making music on his laptop. Soon he would be on tour after signing up with Sub Pop. Get your tickets here
The L.A. based band formed in 1985 consisting of Donita Sparks: guitar and vocals, Suzi Gardner: guitar and vocals, Dee Plakas: drums, and at various times Jennifer Finch, Gail Greenwood, and Janis Tanaka on bass. Get your tickets here
COLVIN & EARLE Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle both remember the night they met. It was nearly 30 years ago, and Colvin had been invited to open a solo acoustic performance by Earle at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. Though their interactions that night were limited to some cursory dressing room pleasantries, each left more of an impression on the other than they may...
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Since the beginning, Tower of Power has never stopped touring and recording. Always in demand, the band never fails to entertain and amaze their fans. Tower is truly blessed to have a dedicated following that often travels to see the band, and in many cases fans will plan their vacation or work schedule around an appearance of TOP. Get your tickets here
I’m the editor of the local music scene column Gossip Wolf and a contributing writer for the Reader. I also freelance for the Reader’s sister publication in DC, The A.V. Club Chicago, and Forbes.com. Before that, I freelanced for places like the Boston Phoenix, Esquire.com, PopMatters, Rock Sound, Thought Catalog, True/Slant, and Wired’s Underwire blog. My preoccupation with flyers eventually led to the (formerly) “super...
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I’ve been a staff writer at the Chicago Reader since 1996, which is when I started writing the Post No Bills column. It ran until 2004 and was reborn a few years ago as my Reader blog. I’ve written about all kind of styles and music-related topics over the years, from proto-punkers to rabid record collectors to jazz drummers. My work has also appeared in...
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Greg Kot is an American writer, author, and journalist. Since 1990, Kot has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune, where he has covered popular music and reported on music-related social, political and business issues. A longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, Kot has written for a dozen national publications, including Details, Blender, Entertainment Weekly, Men’s Journal, Guitar World, Vibe and Request. Streeterville 435...
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Hailing from the home of The Hobbit movies and sharing DNA with Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand entertainment powerhouse The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra are in hot demand worldwide for their winning combination of charming humour, disarmingly small ukuleles, and sublime musicality. The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra are skilled performers who live to entertain, making sure audiences forget their troubles and sing their hearts...
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