Some of your options this weekend: craft beer sampling in Wellington, Chicago tribute band Solid Brass at Carlin Park, ...

One this special edition of Encore! we speak with jazz historian Dr. Richard Birkemeier, the producer and director of a ...

Hey Nonny Blues Week: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Feb. 4-8, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. The ...

Jean’s Jazz Series continues Saturday night with a performance by The Lenard Simpson Quartet, headed up by Simpson, a ...

At 3 p.m. Jan. 19 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago, Evanston. Admission is free. Visit musicinst.org. Rebirth Brass Band plays two local shows this weekend. One of New Orleans’ best ...

Kick Brass, a five-piece brass band from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, brought their sound and enthusiasm for ...

South Shore Brass Band Conductor Vince Arizzi directs the ... with people flocking there from Gary, Chicago, LaPorte, South Bend and Chesterton. Woodville became a connecting point for trains ...

The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

Chicago is now known as the legendary "rock and roll band with horns," but in the early ... We would record the brass parts at the same time, knowing full well that we were going to re record ...

Kate Fagan, who founded of the Chicago ska band Heavy Manners and ... had its album "Droste" reissued by DFA Records. Hot 8 Brass Band, Kelly Duplex and Steve Kelly all have new singles previewing ...

In "Chicago," vaudevillian Velma Kelly ... Blake Kinnear conducts the orchestra (really a small big band with three reed and three brass players) that consistently delivers both the playfulness ...

The Philadelphia Eagles have reached the Super Bowl for the fifth time and are looking for their first Vince Lombardi Trophy. The franchise has deep roots in the NFL and was a powerhouse during the ...