Illinois Entertainer
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ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER (aka IE) is a free music print, digital and mobile monthly magazine based in Chicago. Est. 1974 IllinoisEntertainer.com
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Can’t wait for Pixel Grip’s sold out hometown show tonight! Arrive early to get your hands on this gorgeous limited-run 4 color metallic silkscreen. Beautifully done by former Metro/smartbar/Gman Tavern Art Director and brilliant Brand Designer @danpolyak.com ❤️🔥
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can’t wait for Pixel Grip’s sold out hometown show tonight! Arrive early to get your hands on this gorgeous limited-run 4 color metallic silkscreen. Beautifully done by former Metro/smartbar/Gman Tavern Art Director and brilliant Brand Designer @danpolyak.com ❤️🔥
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Please consider joining us in supporting Nourishing Hope's mission to help Chicagoans gain access to food, mental health services, and essential social services! Food Drive & Toy Drive donations can we dropped off at Metro’s box office & @gmantavern.com from now until 12/6 ❤️
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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Please consider joining us in supporting Nourishing Hope's mission to help Chicagoans gain access to food, mental health services, and essential social services! Food Drive & Toy Drive donations can we dropped off at Metro’s box office & @gmantavern.com from now until 12/6 ❤️
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ICYMI: November print + digital out now: John 5 + Richie Kotzen team up for for an all-star tour. Record Store Day Black Friday arrives 11/28. @DanielAsh of Bauhaus’ new band - Ashes and Diamonds. Plus @jefftweedy x @robbiefulks x IE Music Calendar joom.ag/LdDd
Illinois Entertainer November 2025
Chicago's Music Monthly - In Print and Online, John 5 and Richie Kotzen - Dual Shredders, RSD Black Friday: Previews - Reviews - Listings, IE Music Calendar 1550 Shows - 4000 Bands, Hello - My Name i...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI: November print + digital out now: John 5 + Richie Kotzen team up for for an all-star tour. Record Store Day Black Friday arrives 11/28. @DanielAsh of Bauhaus’ new band - Ashes and Diamonds. Plus @jefftweedy x @robbiefulks x IE Music Calendar joom.ag/LdDd
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The Museum of Broadcast Communications is reopening at a pop-up location at the end of next week at 440 W. Randolph Street. One of the exhibits will be called "50 Years of the Loop Radio Station". They asked me to curate it, and it's been an honor. So much cool stuff to share.
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is reopening at a pop-up location at the end of next week at 440 W. Randolph Street. One of the exhibits will be called "50 Years of the Loop Radio Station". They asked me to curate it, and it's been an honor. So much cool stuff to share.
(R)October issue out now. Our cover story with Chicago’s alt rock stalwarts @LocalH. Scott Lucas talks re-recording their first album. Plus Fitz & The Tantrums x @deftones x Pink Floyd x Mitch Michaels’ get inducted in the HOF x IE Music Calendar and more joom.ag/mw2d
Illinois Entertainer October 2025
Chicago's Music Monthly - In Print and Online, Local H - Run it Back, Fitz and The Tantrums - Working the Magic, IE Music Calendar - 1450 shows - 3800 bands, Media: Mitch Michaels - IL RNR Hall of Fam...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
(R)October issue out now. Our cover story with Chicago’s alt rock stalwarts @LocalH. Scott Lucas talks re-recording their first album. Plus Fitz & The Tantrums x @deftones x Pink Floyd x Mitch Michaels’ get inducted in the HOF x IE Music Calendar and more joom.ag/mw2d
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The October issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with Mitch Michaels. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/09/medi...
Media: October 2025 • Mitch Michaels: Hall of Famer : Illinois Entertainer
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October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The October issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with Mitch Michaels. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/09/medi...
Our 20th Year covering @riotfest.bsky.social - see Curt Baran’s gallery and recap Monday at illinoisentertaner.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Our 20th Year covering @riotfest.bsky.social - see Curt Baran’s gallery and recap Monday at illinoisentertaner.com
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Rest in Peace Bruce Dumont. He was a big part of the Chicago media family. radioink.com/2025/09/11/b... I talked to Bruce many times over the years, including this interview. chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2009/02/bruc... He was 81 years old.
'Beyond the Beltway' Creator Bruce DuMont Dead At 81 - Radio Ink
Bruce DuMont, known as the host of Beyond the Beltway and founder of Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications, has died at the age of 81.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Rest in Peace Bruce Dumont. He was a big part of the Chicago media family. radioink.com/2025/09/11/b... I talked to Bruce many times over the years, including this interview. chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2009/02/bruc... He was 81 years old.
The Who limped their way into the United Center Sunday night in a show marred at times with “gaffes, squabbles, struggles, false starts, flubs and gear failures.” Despite the issues the band did have their moments. Jeff Elbel covered the show for IE Review: illinoisentertainer.com/2025/09/live...
September 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Who limped their way into the United Center Sunday night in a show marred at times with “gaffes, squabbles, struggles, false starts, flubs and gear failures.” Despite the issues the band did have their moments. Jeff Elbel covered the show for IE Review: illinoisentertainer.com/2025/09/live...
September Print & Digital issue out now! AWOLNATION side project The Barbarians of California graces our cover and arrives at Riot Fest on 9/19. Plus Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters x @theblackkeys x Leper x Cranberries 30th Anniversary No Need to Argue x Tracy Bonham & more… joom.ag/wI2d
Illinois Entertainer September 2025
Chicago's Music Monthly - In Print and Online, The Barbarians of California - From L.A. to Riot Fest, Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters - Rock N’ Roll Classicists, Anniversary Albums: The Cranberrie...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
September Print & Digital issue out now! AWOLNATION side project The Barbarians of California graces our cover and arrives at Riot Fest on 9/19. Plus Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters x @theblackkeys x Leper x Cranberries 30th Anniversary No Need to Argue x Tracy Bonham & more… joom.ag/wI2d
We were always #TeamBlur back in the day, but it’s hard to deny @oasis and their near-perfect set and performance on their reunion tour on the lakefront last night. @Jess Roti has our review from Soldier Field. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/08/69102/ #TeamBlur
August 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We were always #TeamBlur back in the day, but it’s hard to deny @oasis and their near-perfect set and performance on their reunion tour on the lakefront last night. @Jess Roti has our review from Soldier Field. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/08/69102/ #TeamBlur
ICYMI: August print and digital issues out now! Wild Belle vocalist @nataliebergman cover Q&A is enlightening and as compelling as her new album + Des Plaines Theatre celebrates 100 years x BOC + 670 The Score @DavidHaugh x @NeilYoung x @HellboundSons x IE Music Calendar and more
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Illinois Entertainer August 2025
Chicago's Music Monthly - In Print and Online, Natalie Bergman - Redefining Legacy, The Des Plaines Theatre - Celebrating 100 Years. Blue Öyster Cult - Can’t Slow Down, IE Music Calendar-
1400 Shows -...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ICYMI: August print and digital issues out now! Wild Belle vocalist @nataliebergman cover Q&A is enlightening and as compelling as her new album + Des Plaines Theatre celebrates 100 years x BOC + 670 The Score @DavidHaugh x @NeilYoung x @HellboundSons x IE Music Calendar and more
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Over 270 photos from 4 days of @Lollapalooza 2025 - Curt Baran’s gallery is live at illinoisEntertainer.com (our 20th year covering Lolla on the Lakefront) Pictured: Harrison Patrick Smith from The Dare
August 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Over 270 photos from 4 days of @Lollapalooza 2025 - Curt Baran’s gallery is live at illinoisEntertainer.com (our 20th year covering Lolla on the Lakefront) Pictured: Harrison Patrick Smith from The Dare
July issue out now! Ashley Perez-Hollingsworth spoke to Chicago power-pop masters Push Puppets for our cover story. Jeff Elbel’s Q&A with Simple Minds Jim Kerr + IE Music Calendar x @EnuffZnuff x @Garbage new albums reviewed & more joom.ag/Sawd
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
July issue out now! Ashley Perez-Hollingsworth spoke to Chicago power-pop masters Push Puppets for our cover story. Jeff Elbel’s Q&A with Simple Minds Jim Kerr + IE Music Calendar x @EnuffZnuff x @Garbage new albums reviewed & more joom.ag/Sawd
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The latest issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with WGN Radio newsman Steve Bertrand. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/medi...
Media: July 2025 • 40 Years of Steve Bertrand : Illinois Entertainer
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July 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The latest issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with WGN Radio newsman Steve Bertrand. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/medi...
Curt Baran captured @SimpleMinds penultimate show last night as they crushed it on the lakefront at HBP. See his gallery and read Jeff Elbel’s interview with their legendary co-founder and vocalist Jim Kerr. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/hell...
June 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Curt Baran captured @SimpleMinds penultimate show last night as they crushed it on the lakefront at HBP. See his gallery and read Jeff Elbel’s interview with their legendary co-founder and vocalist Jim Kerr. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/hell...
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Rest in Peace, Lorna. barrettmedia.com/2025/06/19/f...
Former WGN Radio Program Director Lorna Gladstone Dies
Gladstone led the programming efforts of the venerable Chicago news/talk station from 1986 to 1991 after previously serving as an Executive Producer at the station.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Rest in Peace, Lorna. barrettmedia.com/2025/06/19/f...
.@jeff_elbel caught up with legendary @SimpleMinds co-founder/vocalist Jim Kerr in our long form Q&A before their Friday 6/20 show on the lakefront. Simple Minds’ first Chicago gig was at the legendary Tuts - which he fondly remembers illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/hello-…
June 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
.@jeff_elbel caught up with legendary @SimpleMinds co-founder/vocalist Jim Kerr in our long form Q&A before their Friday 6/20 show on the lakefront. Simple Minds’ first Chicago gig was at the legendary Tuts - which he fondly remembers illinoisentertainer.com/2025/06/hello-…
Sly Stone, funk-rock pioneer who led the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
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Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
Read in Variety: apple.news/Aji67sh1lQgi...
Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82 — Variety
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sly Stone, funk-rock pioneer who led the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
Read in Variety: apple.news/Aji67sh1lQgi...
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
Read in Variety: apple.news/Aji67sh1lQgi...
June issue out now! Our cover story features New Jersey’s legendary The Feelies + IE Music Calendar x Media: Swany leaves 101.9FM The Mix x Manic Street Preachers x Harm’s Way x Two Wolf x Issac Hayes x Rock of Pages: “The Ballad of the Lost Dogs of East Nashville” + more joom.ag/Lgsd
Illinois Entertainer June 2025
Chicago's Music Monthly - In Print and Online, The Feelies -Be Kind - Rewind, Rock of Pages - The Ballad of the Lost Dogs of East Nashville, IE Music Calendar - 1500 Shows • 3800 Bands, Media: John “S...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
June issue out now! Our cover story features New Jersey’s legendary The Feelies + IE Music Calendar x Media: Swany leaves 101.9FM The Mix x Manic Street Preachers x Harm’s Way x Two Wolf x Issac Hayes x Rock of Pages: “The Ballad of the Lost Dogs of East Nashville” + more joom.ag/Lgsd
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The June issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with John Swany Swanson, my old colleague and the co-author of The Radio Producer's Handbook. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/05/medi...
Media: June 2025 • Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix : Illinois Entertainer
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June 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The June issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and includes my interview with John Swany Swanson, my old colleague and the co-author of The Radio Producer's Handbook. illinoisentertainer.com/2025/05/medi...
