The Zydeco Legacy of Clifton Chenier is finally preserved in a new set of digital releases made possible by Smithsonian Folkways.

Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first ...

The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations. By Hank Shteamer In a year that saw the deaths of two leading drummers, ...

After pushback from organizers and vendors, city officials have decided to let up — to a degree — on the contentious capacity limit at Daley Plaza’s 29th annual Christkindlmarket, a development ...

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The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

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Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there was music that elaborate and soulful and it was still rock,” the ...

Chicago and Styx, two bands that got their start in the Windy City, will play together for the first time on a national co-headlining tour that will stop at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater next ...

Chicago and Styx will tour together next summer starting in July. The Windy Cities Tour - All The Hits…Your Kind of Tour is set to launch July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida and will continue through ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The new chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court was installed Monday morning. The Honorable Charles S. Beach II took the oath during a packed ceremony inside the Chicago-Kent ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...