Reid grew up on the city’s Southwest Side, attending Whitney Young High School and the Merit School of Music. He later ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

"To grow up in the city of Chicago, it is a rite of passage — for every kid to know the lyrics of 'Bear Down, Chicago Bears.'" In her 30 years as a music educator with Chicago Public Schools, Dr.

Chicago might have already hit its first deep freeze, but the local classical music scene pulses with life this season. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the Chicago Symphony’s artist-in-residence, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Farley "Jackmaster" Funk is a lifelong Chicagoan, known as the King of House Music. He's also an ardent Chicago Bears fan, and he has a new anthem for this season's Monsters of the ...

New York City hosted the event for more than 50 years before Chicago got the nod. Chance the Rapper is set to represent his city as the headliner for the Chicago debut of Dick Clark’s New Year’s ...

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If the new year is a time to look back and take stock, then Billy Joel has a lot of ground to cover. Over his nearly 60-year career, the Long Island-raised rocker has passed many a milestone, from his ...

They were all in the mood for a melody and Billy Joel had them feeling alright. The "Piano Man" returned to his familiar seat for a surprise on-stage appearance in what was his first public ...

Billy Joel returned to the stage for the first time since revealing his brain-disorder diagnosis, performing a surprise two-song set alongside a Billy Joel cover band at a Florida village amphitheater ...

Billy Joel made a New Year's surprise return to the stage for the first time since revealing he was diagnosed with the brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus. The "Vienna" singer paid a ...

Billy Joel returned to performing live Friday night for the first time since he was diagnosed with the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus in May. Making a surprise appearance, the Piano Man ...