A packed house awaited Wilco at Sloss Furnaces and Jeff Tweedy and company didn't disappoint. Photos by Brent Thompson

Dave Matthews Band photos from the Verizon Wireless Music Center - April 20, 2009: Photos by Brent Thompson

Singer/songwriter Scott Miller is a man of few words. His interviews move at a brisk pace, but his delivery is sincere and his responses are thoughtful. Simply put, a conversation with Miller plays li

Jeff Black found commercial success when the group Blackhawk took his song "That's Just About Right" into the country charts. But while it's always nice to pen a hit song, Black's songs don't cater to

Josh Kelley and Tim Brantley don’t seem to have that much in common. Kelley lives in Los Angeles with actress wife Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up) and has had his songs featur

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Singer/songwriter Keaton Simons has an impressive pedigree.\'a0 His grandfather wrote the 1975 award-winning film Three Days of the Condor, his mother appeared in Animal House, his father was a produc

Singer-songwriter Ben Kweller has spent his brief but prolific career crafting smart pop songs, rarely tapping into the country sounds he absorbed in his Texas youth. But Kweller\'92s life \'96 and re

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Tuesday will be Bluesday when Chicago legends Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials perform at Workplay Theatre. On Tuesday, March 3, the quartet - Lil' Ed Williams, Mike Garrett, James "Pookie" Young and