On Lorde’s team: Singer’s Chicago ties
By MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times March 8, 2014 1:36PM A year or so ago, [...]
Preview: White Denim at Metro Thursday
by MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times As South By Southwest prepares to takeoff in Austin, [...]
Review: “G I R L” by Pharrell Williams
by MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times You know Pharrell, that guy wearing the Canadian Mountie [...]
Listen: Joe Louis Walker brings the blues to City Winery
by MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times Like its title implies, “Hornet’s Nest” is a collection [...]
Review: Sting, Paul Simon at United Center
by MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times Here is a moment pop music mixologists didn’t see [...]
Review: “Morning Phase” by Beck
Beck, “Morning Phase” (Capitol) “Sea Change” remains one of Beck Hansen’s most memorable albums of [...]
Review: ‘Ten Years in the Tub’ by Nick Hornby
Hornby's collection feels like so much loyal tribute-paying to his personal coterie of hipster swells [...]
Mavis Staples biography reveals how her music reflects her father and an era
By MARK GUARINO | Chicago Sun-Times February 18, 2014 8:47PM Mavis Staples was barely a [...]
Conviction of ex-mayor Ray Nagin: Does it signal new era for New Orleans?
Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday of 20 federal corruption charges, many connected to recovery efforts [...]
Angelique Kidjo uses music to tell the important stories of Africa
By MARK GUARINO | Sun-Times Music Writer February 6, 2014 3:04PM Angelique Kidjo is one [...]