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.
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”.
Chicago composer Janice Misurell-Mitchell translates the text and imagery of William Blake into a sonic experience in “Mad Song” presented at Northwestern University. Performed by twelve students of the Bienen School of Music, conducted by A.J. Keller, DMA candidate in Choral Conducting. The performance was …
A cool vintage video we found thanks to “Obsolete Video.” Before cable TV there was something called UHF (Ulta High Frequency) TV that extended the over-the-air bandwidth introducing a number of additional channels and providing for more diversity that included more local programs. This pilot …
This music video produced by Chicago’s Boom Shot Records was shot in Rogers Park and on the Northshore by RenoWeb.net. “Dream Come True” featuring Rohan “Indian” Murray with D.J. Donnie Silk is distributed by VPAL Music. The song by Murray has a classic reggae vibe …
The Propaganda Machine with Stann Champion performs 4-AM with harmonica & blues vocal by Michael Hollywood at IndependenceTap in Chicago.
This reggae music video was shot at the Wild Hare in Chicago on Halsted. The song “Liberation” features a vocal by Leslie Ming accompanied by Tony Aiken and Future. Produced by Boom Shot Records and distributed by VPAL.