In The Loop Magazine

Live Review: Greta Van Fleet – Aragon Ballroom – December 12, 2018

Dec 18, 2018 James Currie Features, Music News, Reviews 0

Greta Van Fleet – Aragon Ballroom – December 12, 2018 Pinballing through the sardine packed audience of this storied building, built three years before my near 90-year-old Chicago born father...

In The Loop Magazine’s: Best Of 2018

Dec 15, 2018 James Currie Features, Music News, Reviews 0

2018 proved to be another power house of a year in music with bands reuniting, awesome live concerts taking place and amazing records released to the masses. Here’s our staff […]

Theatre Review: Gypsy – Chicago Diva E. Faye Butler Makes Her Porchlight Music Theatre Debut At Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Dec 05, 2018 James Currie Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci “Gypsy,” the classic 1959 musical from Arthur Laurents (book), Jule Styne (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), is that most interesting of artworks – an exceedingly...

Concert Review: Rufus Wainwright Live In Chicago At The Vic Theater

Dec 04, 2018 James Currie Features, Music News, Reviews 0

All These Poses Tour, November 20, 2018 By Vernon Hester The first time I ever laid eyes on Rufus Wainright was on a blistering August day in 2002 behind the […]

Punk Rock Curator, Martin Atkins, Talks About His Life And Times In One Of The Most Influential Punk Bands, Public Image Ltd.

Dec 03, 2018 James Currie Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By James Currie Martin Atkins is a man of many talents. He’s a drummer, runs a record label, a higher education instructor, a loving father, a devoted husband, an author […]

Interview: Martin Atkins, New Books, Seminars, Playing Music And His Life In And Out Of Public Image Ltd.

Dec 02, 2018 James Currie Features, Interviews, Music News, Reviews 0

By James Currie Martin Atkins is a man on a mission. A madman behind some of Punk Rocks most legendary bands like PiL, Ministry, Killing Joke and Pigface to name […]