When Joss Stone released her debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, her voice and style of music were fairly unexpected. It was almost a novelty; this beautiful, young Brit singing the forgotten gems of an older generation of American singers. 2007’s Introducing Joss

Prince is no stranger to residencies, recently completing one each in New York and Los Angeles, and soon he will add Chicago to that list. A show titled “Welcome 2 Chicago” will be held September 24 at the United Center. Though that is the

While Rob Zombie keeps himself busy working on films– and just being Rob Zombie– it’s easy to forget how much he has to offer the world of music, but this is an artist who is still very much relevant. It’s nice, then, to get

Though Mick Jagger and Keith Richards said earlier this year that the Rolling Stones wouldn’t go on tour this year to celebrate their 50th anniversary, they have finally announced four concert dates for later this year. All four dates will be in November, according

John Mayer and My Morning Jacket are among the all-star lineup that will honor the late, great drummer for The Band, Levon Helm, at the upcoming “Love for Levon” benefit concert. The concert will take place on October 3 at the Izod Center in

By the end of the opening track it’s clear that Neil Young & Crazy Horse came to recording Americana from the purest perspective: that of just wanting to hang out and play some music. Every song on the album has the sound of a

The Zac Brown Band has a reputation for putting out simple, polished country music, and for doing a bit of genre hopping in their own rather controlled way. They have had tremendous success with this formula, and are credited with helping to advance country