These are the 2025 albums I loved the best, played the most, and felt the deepest — 20 of them, because there were too many greats to cut it down to a mere top ten. Musically, they’re all over the map ...

With boost from pop stars Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa, Mormon-inspired chain plans Southwest Florida 2026 debut at two spots. What's Swig dirty soda?

The Old 97's are ringing in the new year with a rocking revelry. The genre-defying band takes a mini residency December 29-31 ...

Curating “The Bottle Tapes” gave Ken Vandermark and John Corbett an opportunity to revisit the Empty Bottle’s Jazz & Improvised Music Series.

The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan, which does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the ...

Peter Criss, Kiss' original drummer and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is having a quite a month. On Dec. 7 he ...

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, right, and pianist Yunchan Lim during a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 18, 2025.

An iconic rock band is sharing an unreleased song from 1974. Queen guitarist Brian May unveiled the band’s lost tune “Not for ...

The Bears erased a 10-point deficit in the final two minutes of regulation, recovering an onside kick, and hit the Packers in the gut in OT.

Best friends since their teens, across their thirty-year career, Biffy Clyro have graduated from being a discordant alt-rock cult concern to platinum-plated UK festival headliners while retaining ...

After clips of a Chicago mother being attacked by students sparked outrage, police announced a new development that many have been waiting for. Update: Dec. 22 at 2:31 p.m. The Root previously ...