We've got one more update from the action packed Chicago Thanksgiving Weekend 2012. Saturday night at Martyrs featured sets from two of Chicago's very own: Henhouse Prowlers and Family Groove Company. Each band delivered their own set before coming together at the end of the night for an extended post-encore jam that touched on Phish, [...]

It’s about time for all turkeys to find safe hiding pastures and for folks to start flocking together with family to give thanks and gorge themselves. For fans of Family Groove Company and the Henhouse Prowlers, it is also an excellent time to break the feast with friends as the two long time veterans of [...]

Every summer, interesting festivals overtake the music landscape in and around Chicago. While the festival calendar dries up after Labor Day, leave it to the area's best venues to make our holidays seem like mini-festivals of their own. And with Thanksgiving more of a homecoming style occasion, the program leans delightfully local. We've already seen [...]

I'm trying something different for this contest to make it easier than ever to win these tickets. I've created a short entry form on this page. All you need to do is fill out your email address and which of two shows you are interested in attending: Mr Blotto and Chicago Zappa Collective at Reggie's [...]

Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, and apparently that means six full days of Halloween musical goodness in Chicago. While the bulk of the “costume” shows will take place on the prior weekend and, of course Halloween night itself, there’s even a few heavy-hitting shows in the “days between” that serious music fans have [...]

One thing I’ve long admired about Chicago music scene is the community. Fairly removed from music industry bigshots on the coast, there is not an overwhelming sense of competition, no ruthless fight to seize some limited opportunity for a big break. Talent, creativity and social graces correlate to your happiness and ultimately success. Bassist Janis [...]

The stars came out to shine once again on Friday at The Abbey Pub and it proved to be another well documented event.  We are pleased to be able to feature a substantial photo set from Mike Kaiz Photojournalism as well as a 5 song, 33 minute video playlist shot by Charles Izenstark, to recap [...]

The fourth edition of the Abbey Pub Full Court Press Jam series is back next week (October 5th to be exact, click HERE for a chance to win tickets) and with it comes all the great things we love about the previous all star jam sessions. a full complement of talent from the top bands [...]

Today is the last day to get pre-sale tickets for the 2012 edition of Shoe Fest.  The concept behind this local festival is a simple one: build the lineup like an invite to a family reunion.  Bring together friends and like minded musical spirits from around the Chicago area and Midwest.  These are the bands [...]

Words & Photos: Dave Weckstein The best Super Jams are representative of what can be achieved on a whim when you mix together the right ingredients –  classic songs performed by some of your favorite musicians in a truly collaborative setting.  While the concept was just getting its legs for its first installment this past [...]