“Even The Nights Are Better” can be found on Air Supply’s seventh album, Now And Forever. The song was a hefty hit on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed at No. 1 for four weeks. I can get ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade ...

Beginning with Sondra Radvanovsky at the Lyric and including Steppenwolf’s Caroline Neff as well as Ryan Hake as the lead of “Angels in America.” ...

Songs are history. They ground us in a time and place. And that could be felt acutely in 2025. So let’s celebrate some great art and some banging jams from the past year. “Anx ...

The absolute best songs of 2025 include "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Metal" by The Beths, and "Chains of Love" by Charli ...

The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...

BE:FIRST’s “Lighting up the town” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released Dec. 17.

Rob Sheffield counts down his 25 favorite songs of 2025, including hits by Taylor Swift, Addison Rae, Kehlani, MJ Lenderman ...

The College of DuPage’s New Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Kirk Muspratt, will perform three times on New Year’s Eve at 1:30, 5 and 8:30 p.m. The night will feature a variety ...

As both a music critic and a seasonal fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, here are a half dozen essentials.

The Hours Are Long, But The Pay Is Low chronicles Rob Miller's journey of co-founding Chicago’s Bloodshot Records, an internationally renowned home for roots music, Americana, and “alt-country." ...

Legendary R&B singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. He was 51. TMZ reported that the singer’s death came after a battle with ...