Ravinia Festival may not be a festival in the way the most readers think of it — in fact, its cornerstone has always been a fine program of classical music, a genre that has yet to infiltrate any other festivals that I’ve been to (except the Clifford Ball). However, if you’re looking for a more [...]

It’s rare that I’d have to start a concert review with Spoiler Alert and even rarer that I’d fall so hard for a show that was as well-planned and seemingly scripted as this event, but despite these caveats David Byrne and St. Vincent at Chicago Theater was Grade A entertainment and among my favorite shows [...]

This is about all I can offer in tribute to Whitney, but in my eyes is worth about 1000 All Star Grammys memorials. Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)

These days, my music obsession exposes me to hundreds of new bands a year.  There has always been a wealth of talent, but nowadays barriers to entry have been brought so low, I can now actively seek out, and enjoy, an extremely wide variety of high quality music with a few mouse clicks or finger [...]

Last week, I called Paul Simon a “class act”, after reading this, I may have to reevaluate. Disclosure, in no way does it reduce the awesomeness of the video below. A bevy of Prince covers in honor of his birthday earlier this week. The blogs at The Trib offer an interview with funkiest of the [...]

We’re always happy to give a shout to a band that brings the funk as long and as hard as these guys.  This Must Be the Band returns to Brixie’s  in Brookfield for another Barn Spotlight show this Friday, May 6th. To celebrate, let’s revisit the five posts that made up our popular Talking Heads [...]

The week kicked off with Arcade Fire taking home the Album of the Year Grammy, followed shortly by the outraged public demanding to know… Who the f#%$k is Arcade Fire? At least this gave us all the opportunity to see what Tawny Kitaen is up to these days (hint:  not proofreading).

This offering is more of a beautiful, lyrical poster than a true InfoGraphic.  But, the time is right to share, given our promise to focus on Talking Heads related content until the first of the year.