The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

It's heating up in Bloomington. Check out Granfalloon events, the 4th & Rogers Block Party, Bloomington Handmade Market and a ...

Also around the area this weekend, a big prize for fastest dinosaur at the Field Museum and a busy weekend at Ravinia ...

The Doobie Brothers have a new album with Michael McDonald, a summer tour and songwriting honors on the docket. The band ...

Summer is here! Enjoy the relaxed vibe in downtown Bloomington while experiencing new unique offerings in our walkable ...

These days, the Doobie Brothers are much more relaxed and open when heading to the recording than in the band's heyday in the 1970s and early 1980s. "Anything goes, we don't really have any ...

The Chicago Blues Festival, Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo” at CIBC Theatre and Ribfest Chicago are among the ...

Legendary singer Mavis Staples decided to retire in 2023. Then she changed her mind. “She's driven to spread the message,” ...

Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back to when her father determined the type of music that was permissible ...

Mavis Staples has been a gospel singer longer than Elizabeth II has worn the crown. During concerts, sometimes, she might take a seat and rest while someone in her band bangs out a solo for a ...

A full complement of Doobie Brothers is on hand for the group's latest album -- its first with Michael McDonald since 1980 -- ...

By Grayson Haver Currin Reporting from Chicago and Los Angeles On a rainy April day in Chicago, Mavis Staples sat in the restaurant of the towering downtown Chicago building where she’s lived ...