In 2012, experimental and improvising musicians from America and Europe formed Catalytic Sound as a platform to sustainably sell their recordings, using a subscription model similar to membership in a ...

In November 2024, when Condé Nast announced the end of Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival, the discourse focused on the changing economic and social climate for large-scale music events and the ...

If there is any single element that can define a certain “Chicago sound” in the diverse array of instrumental music coming out of the Windy City today, it would be that of creative exploration, and ...

Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the forefront of today’s sound. Credit...Dante Zaballa Supported by By Giovanni ...

"We can make it happen We can change the world," the rock band Chicago first sang in the days when Richard M. Nixon was president, young people were angry and revolution was in the air. More than four ...

The Chicago-based band Dehd released their fifth album “Poetry” last year. Listen for more about their discography and history. KATE POLLOT: This year, Chicago-based band Dehd celebrates its 10th ...