Evanston has two huge suppliers of quality music. We have SPACE for jazz, rock, country, blues and soul. We have Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music for classical and more jazz. I have had a tendency to forget about what I call “neighborhood music” — restaurants and drinking establishments that occasionally invite musicians to perform in […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis, who fronted Buddy Holly’s backing band later known as The Crickets and eventually penned and performed the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at the age of 88. The news was shared by Curtis’s daughter Sarah, who wrote on Facebook, “I’m heartbroken […]
A legacy started here. At least that’s how I saw it. While Run The Jewels were well underway with their first two albums out, something else was brewing in Buffalo, NY. They ran deeper, came harder, and stayed on everyone’s minds as much as they could with (often too) consistent releases between its members. I’m […]
A wedding planner with over two decades of experience has shared the popular trends that she believes are going out of style… and the ones that will surge in 2026. Over the course of her 25 years in the wedding industry, Robin ‘Birdie’ Yarusso, 43, from Lakeville, Minneapolis, has helped plan over 100 nuptials and has […]
D4vd has canceled the remainder of his US tour as police investigations continue after a missing teenager was found dead in the trunk of his Tesla. The singer’s Hollywood Hills home was raided on Thursday as officers probed the death of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who vanished aged 13 from Lake Elsinore, California, in April last […]
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Madonna will return in 2026 with a new dance album, Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal — and she’s reuniting with the label that helped make her a superstar, Warner Records. The new album, as Madonna has previously teased, is expected to be a follow-up to her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dancefloor. In late 2024, […]
President Donald Trump suggested that overwhelming negative coverage of him could result in television networks could result in their broadcast licenses being revoked by the Federal Communications Commission while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday (September 18). Trump, who was departing from the visit to the United Kingdom, was defending FCC chairman […]
The decomposed remains found in a towed Tesla belonging to singer D4vd have been identified as those of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, authorities say. The girl, found Sept. 8 inside the front trunk of the vehicle at a Los Angeles tow yard, was identified through forensics. The county’s Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet determined how […]
Jo Dee Messina ruled the country music scene in the 1990s with songs like “Heads Carolina, Tails California.” Now the 53-year-old mom is taking over social media with her viral posts. She’s also touring this summer and working on new music. If you’re not following Jo Dee Messina on social media, you’re seriously missing out! […]