Prepare your playlists: Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini. December always brings a flood of year-end music ...

Chicago Cabaret Week is expanding in 2026, bringing intimate, engaging and eclectic shows into more venues and neighborhoods.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It took Chicago 10 albums to get their first No. 1 hit. In 1976, the Chicago-based “rock band with horns” topped the charts with ...

Friko’s sophomore album could be described as the musical equivalent of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Except the band’s unending touring journey from Chicago and back again the past couple of ...