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33rd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Arrivals

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Mike Pinder, Moody Blues co-founder and keyboardist, dies months after bandmate Denny Laine

Pinder, the last original member of the band, sang and played keyboards, as well as organ, piano and harpsichord. He founded the British band in 1964 with Laine, Ray Thomas, Clint Warwick and Graeme Edge.

By USA Today Network

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Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chief Keef to headline 2024 Summer Smash

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Nicki Minaj conquers the United Center in long-awaited return to Chicago

NASCAR In Chicago

Top house music artists to perform during NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend

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Things to Do in Chicago April 25-May 1: The Mix

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After years of delays, Lee's Unleaded Blues reopening and vowing to celebrate musicmakers and the community

The beloved South Side blues club will kick off its long-awaited return with two shows featuring John Primer and the Real Deal.

By Erica Thompson

JoJo Siwa speaks during the GLAAD Media Awards last month in Beverly Hills, California.

Entertainment and Culture

JoJo Siwa, Natasha Bedingfield among headliners for 2024 Chicago Pride Fest

Bob the Drag Queen and Amber Riley also set to perform during June 22-23 event at Halsted and Addison.

By Leah Love

Music

New to Rock Hall of Fame: Mary J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest

Latest class of inductees also will include Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, the Dave Matthews Band and Peter Frampton.

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press

Music

Andrew Davis, longtime Lyric Opera music director, dies at 80

British conductor, who led nearly 700 Lyric performances of 62 operas, died in Chicago from leukemia.

By Ronald Blum | Associated Press

Columnists

Playing in the high school marching band makes you 'part of something bigger'

Morgan Park High School trumpeters riff on the most popular brass instrument.

By Neil Steinberg

RECORDDAY-042124_1.jpgPhillip Gross shows his wife Michelle Calderhead the records that he found at Dusty Groove on the Northwest Side on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 20, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

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Chicagoans build community while seeking special vinyl on Record Store Day

On Saturday, music-lovers visited local record stores for their favorites among more than 380 exclusive releases, including projects from Pearl Jam, David Bowie, the Beatles and Paramore.

By Erica Thompson

Obit Mandisa. Mandisa accepts the award for pop/contemporary album of the year at the Dove Awards Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died.

Music

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, dies at 47

Mandisa, whose full name is Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was born near Sacramento, California, and grew up singing in church.

By Associated Press

Someone to Watch in ’24

Rising singer-songwriter Kara Jackson opening first U.S. tour with sold-out Chicago show

The Oak Park folk musician and former National Youth Poet Laureate who sings of love and loss is “Someone to Watch in 2024.”

By Erica Thompson

Wanda Jemison, who has worked at Conn-Selmer for 18 years, soders a complete Vincent Bach trumpet by hand at the factory in Elkhart, Indiana Wednesday, March 27, 2024. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Look inside the Indiana company trying to re-create the world's best trumpets

By Neil Steinberg

Taylor Swift performs Friday at Soldier Field.

Entertainment and Culture

Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater

In moments, her 11th album feels like a bloodletting: A cathartic purge after a major heartbreak delivered through an ascendant vocal run, an elegiac verse, or mobile, synthesized productions that underscore the powers of Swift’s storytelling.

By Maria Sherman | AP

Obit Dickey Betts. Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, exits the funeral of Gregg Allman at Snow's Memorial Chapel, June 3, 2017, in Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (Jason Vorhees/The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

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Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80

As a child, Betts changed schools often because his father worked construction, and those memories later inspired him to write “Ramblin’ Man,” the band’s biggest hit.

By Associated Press

Obituaries

Jun Mhoon, producer who toured as Staple Singers' drummer in 6th grade, dies at 69

Mr. Mhoon toured with the gospel group and was “just as cute as he could be,” says singer Mavis Staples. The experience paved the way for his success in the music industry.

By Mitch Dudek

The Recording Academy's 2024 Special Merit Awards Ceremony

Music

The Clark Sisters, Chandler Moore among Chicago Gospel Music festival lineup

The event on June 1 at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park kicks off the 20th anniversary festival season at the lakefront venue.

By Miriam Di Nunzio

Columnists

Chicago was once the heart of country music

The WLS National Barn Dance, which predated the Opry by two years, was first broadcast 100 years ago Friday, on April 19, 1924.

By Neil Steinberg

iHeartRadio Y100's Jingle Ball 2023 - Show

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Things to do in Chicago April 18-25 — The Mix

Concerts by Nicki Minaj, Leslie Odom Jr. and Suzanne Vega, the CineYouth Film Festival and Congo Square Theatre’s staging of “How I Learned What I Learned” are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

By Mary Houlihan - For the Sun-Times