Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

A Chicago music duo has created a unique sound to celebrate their Arab roots. They're mixing the music of the Middle East with good old Chicago blues. Music can make you feel at home. When Rami ...

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Bree Specific is an influential and vibrant voice in Chicago’s music and entertainment industry. Known for her undeniable position as a tastemaker, she reveals in an exclusive interview with rolling ...

A modern-day Chicago redemption tale gets the hip-hop treatment, with Omar Epps leading the cast and Wiz Khalifa & Quavo crafting an original soundtrack. Chicago’s about to get a spiritual shake-up ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

The food and music lineup for the city's iconic Taste of Chicago food festival for 2024 has been released. The festival, which typically, takes place in July, will be held Sept. 6 through 8 in Grant ...

Pitchfork announced that its annual Chicago music festival would not return in 2025. In a statement posted on social media and on its website, the music publication said it made the decision after ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A lunchtime dance party in Daley Plaza celebrated 40 years of Chicago's most famous music genre, house. A live DJ spun the same tunes Chicagoans have been dancing to for decades.