JJ & Mofro will be ON FIRE at Lolla 2012
**WARNING: If you are easily offended by Barbie dolls in provocative positions, you should NOT click the above music video link. If you dig da FUNK, and want to laugh your ass off at the...
View ArticleLocal Girl Done Good! Haley @ Lolla
The pretty photo above links to a new video by young Wheeling star Haley Reinhart! I am not usually one to keep tabs on American Idol contestants during OR after their season… but Haley is an...
View ArticleNYE in CHI with LOCAL LUCAS
There’s always an abundance of great options for New Year’s Eve in Chicago. This year, we were tempted to spend it with Robert Randolph again… especially with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe warming...
View ArticleGOODBYE 2012
Cheers to the big New Year’s celebrations across Chicago! We spent ours as promised… following around Scott Lucas. There was a line around the block when we arrived at Metro at 9pm. Scott Lucas and...
View ArticleAIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A NOLA PARTY
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GET YOUR TIX FAST TO JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF UNSTOPPABLE FUNK & FUN NOLA STYLE! It’s a soulful, funkified dance party with Dumpstaphunk (check out some on-stage action thanks...
View ArticleCELEBRATING EARTH & RECORDS IN CHICAGO
We had a extra good time this year, celebrating conservation and this ball of fun we live on… while supporting those independent record stores that keep the recording industry connected to the fans,...
View Article‘ROOING IT RIGHT… Sustainability at Bonnaroo
Bright Beat’s founder has attended the bonnaroo music & arts festival every year but one since it launched in 2002, providing coverage and commentary for Bonnaroo Specials that aired on 105.9WCKG...
View ArticleHAPPY MAVIS STAPLES DAY!
She is still taking us there, and Auditorium Theatre is where it’s at tonight… the gathering of so many musical greats, coming together to celebrate the 75th birthday – and moreso the beautiful soul...
View ArticleMavis Staples 75 Birthday Celebration [Review]
There’s nothing like gettin’ the band back together… Although Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and the gang weren’t there, the packed audience at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre was given a...
View ArticleAnother Summer in the books… Chicago, 2016
Hard to believe another summer is coming to a close! So many highlights… Discovering Cymande at Bonnaroo… singing with mom + Brian Wilson at Pitchfork… rocking to Radiohead at Lollapalooza… dancing...
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