Chicago Lifestyle Podcast & Video Blog
Podcast episodes and video related to musical theater, musical film, music performance and musicians in Chicago.
Includes classical, traditional, folk, reggae, jazz, blues, theater, pop, rock, current, and avant-garde styles.
We are very happy that pop composer Steve Solomon has allowed us to use FOSTER AVENUE BEACH as the theme song for our Chicago Broadcasting Network podcasts. It was important for us to have a unique song that referenced Chicago in a meaningful but subtle …
Chicago has had a long relationship with reggae music most notably at clubs like the Wild Hare (formerly the Wild Hare and Singing Armadillo in Wrigleyville) now resurrected with food and drink near Halsted and Diversey, about a block south of Guitar Center. This release …
While investigating the net to see what is happening in Chicago this week I was nearly overwhelmed by the number of fan videos for BTS at the United Center. It seems the K-pop (Korean Pop Music) boy band from South Korea has been rocking the …
This is a new reggae music video release produced by Reno Lovison RenoWeb.net for Chicago musician Robert Burchell with Tony Aiken & Future for New Vision One Records, distributed by VPAL Music. The primary video was shot on a roof deck on the north-west side …
It is a well known adage that Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside Warsaw and it is probably even larger if you consider all those of Polish descent throughout all of Chicagoland. As a third generation half-Pole (both of my maternal …
This is a fun summer event that happens every Thursday night throughout the summer bringing together retail and food vendors as well as local not-for-profit organizations and social service agencies to share information, products, and services with the local community. Argyle street has sometimes been …
Porchlight Music Theatre visited Washington Square Park in Chicago this afternoon to offer a sneak preview of their upcoming 2018 season including selections from 1776, Gypsy and A Chorus Line with performances by Leah Davis, James Earl Jones II, Michelle Lauto, Liam Quealy, and Music …
Chicago radio legend Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano interview John Vincent on Facebook Live at Ditka’s, the moment the singer learns he will be leading the national anthem at the Cubs World Series game October 29, 2016.
The Blues Man: Review Summary “Rick Stone The Blues Man” at the Black Ensemble Theater is a jukebox musical starring Rick Stone and six seasoned blues singers backed-up by an awesome house band led by the very talented Robert Reddrick on drums. You feel like …
In case you thought the mandolin was just for slicing vegetables or playing bluegrass. Here is a cool piece from the Chicago Symphony of Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital playing Bach Gigue from second partita in D minor.
Every year since 1993 artists of all kinds gather to decorate the wall at Loyola Park near Jarvis Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Rogers Park which includes the campus of Loyola University is perhaps one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the …
Featured Profile with pianist and pop composer Chicago native, Steven Solomon a/k/a “Skatterplot”.