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Review: Glenn Noble/ Photos: Jennifer Noble Mad Dogs & Englishmen: A tribute to Joe Cocker & Leon Russell at the North Shore Center in Skokie November 8, 2025 Review by: Glenn Noble. Photos by: Jennifer Noble   Music is a peculiar thing -- it lives, briefly and vibrantly, in the moment of performance; but it’s far from uncommon for this transitory experience to change li...

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By Mark Plotnick Photos: Jim Summaria Jack Casady, Justin Guip (drums), Jorma Kaukonen Hot Tuna – North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL George Van Dusen Theatre November 5 th , 2025   By Mark Plotnick Photos: Jim Summaria   Fifty-six years ago, I first experienced the musicianship of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady as members of the Jefferson Airplane. The plac...

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Release date: September 2025 Delmark Records By Greg Easterling Mississippi Heat at the album release party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Sept. 2025/ photo: Jennifer Noble One of Chicago’s longest running blues band collectives has delivered one of their all-time finest efforts with the forward looking title of Don’t Look Back . Mississippi Heat features founder and harpist Pierre Lac...

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Logan Center (Chicago) Billy Branch/ photo: Roman Sobus Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues w/ special guests When: November 21 (Friday) Show Times: 7:30 Where: Logan Center Address: 915 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL TICKETS: Free with RSVP (suggested donation $10) The Blues is My Biography: Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues Record Release Concert with special guests including The ...

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Review & Photos: Jim Summaria Albert Cummings Albert Cummings at SPACE in Evanston, IL, Sept. 21, 2025 Review & Photos: By Jim Summaria Massachusetts born and raised bluesman Albert Cummings had the most unlikely path to becoming a respected professional musician. He earned an associate's degree in construction science and his family trade was building homes. His father ...

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