Deep Purple (music group)

There's no reason to ever be bored. Ever. Life is short. Get out there. Do stuff. Get involved. At least go check out some live music. Here's what we've got for ya this week: Thursday, January 12: XVSK at the Acoustic Café, Bridgeport. A cello and drum...

Did you ever look at a certain style of music from the rear-view mirror, so to speak, and think about the bands that really made an impact on the scene as a whole?  Today I did that while thinking about the stoner rock boom in the late 90's and...

Back in the early ’80s, New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Mötorhead and the pre-Pyromania Def Leppard battled over metal-mag cover space with softer, glossier stateside bands, who proudly wore pop...

Guys with spectacles and 1889 Van Gogh beards playing jazz in an art gallery: The Daniel Rosenboom Nonet and Slumgum looked right at home at Culver City's Royal/T on Wednesday....

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea reacts to his band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flea says, "It's very emotional for Red Hot Chili Peppers to receive such recognition."...

A classic rock band is about to sell out its show at Easton’s State Theatre – more than three weeks in advance of its show – giving it at least five sellouts at the venue in the past decade. The......

I love Ronnie James Dio.  He was the consummate rock vocalist.  Most people know is work with Dio.  Most people know he fronted Black Sabbath, including two of their best records.  Some people know he was in a band called Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore...

Once upon a time your grandparents were afraid of the rock bands your parents listened to because bands like the Rolling Stones and AC/DC (depending how old your parents are) represented the gritty, booze-fueled, Lucifer-dabbling underbelly of the music...

In these trying economic times, when The Moody Blues decided that when they would return to The State Theatre in Easton, they’d recognize that downside … by increasing ticket prices up to 66 percent. The State has just announced a......

Ravinia season is in full swing, which means folks across Chicagoland are flocking to Highland Park to enjoy the sounds of summer at the famous …...

Back in 1984, when glam metal band Stryper first started getting attention for its Christian message, critics argued that it was hard to tell its music apart from other rockers whose lyrical message was far more worldly and, in some......

As rockabilly guitarman Bill Kirchen paused to adjust his trusty Telecaster between songs Friday night, a distant, grinding Stone Temple Pilots riff filtered through the air. "Hey, there's a party going on down there," Kirchen remarked to his Americaplatz...