The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 23, 1976, and remained there for two weeks. “If You Leave Me Now” appeared on Chicago’s eighth studio album and 10th album overall, Chicago X. At ...

The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.

Read this story for free. To continue reading, sign up for The Rundown and get unlimited access to WBEZ.org. Chicago soul band Hollyy released their debut album last week. They’re celebrating this ...

Singer Alynda Segarra traded New Orleans for Chicago in 2024 and now has a new project recorded live at the Old Town School ...

For decades, the instrumental band Tortoise was the face of the genre known as “post rock.” The catch-all term emerged in the late 1990s to describe music that existed in the gaps between rock and ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

The horn heavy, jazzy sounds of iconic American rock band Chicago ("If You Leave Me Now," "Look Away," "Saturday in the Park") will blow into town next year. On its 58th year of touring, multi-Grammy ...