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Black History Month 2025: Music and Performing Arts Events in the Chicago Area

Chicago hosts a vibrant and eclectic mix of concerts and performances to honor Black artistry. Check out these events to take part in the celebrations!

Keegan MorrisDecember 25, 2021

Video: Hear Rare, Baroque-Era Mexican Christmas Carols

WFMTDecember 22, 2021

See Photo Highlights from WFMT’s 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration

Keegan MorrisDecember 16, 2021

WFMT’s Classical Conversations With Pianist Norman Malone and the Creators of the ‘For the Left Hand’ Doc

The Beatles are releasing their ‘final’ record. AI helped make it possible

Associated PressJune 13, 2023

Says Paul McCartney, “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would do. It gives you some sort of leeway.”

Grammys add new categories, including for pop dance recording and African music performance

Associated PressJune 13, 2023

More change is afoot at the Grammys. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that three new categories will be added to the awards show in 2024.

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Anne Harris blues and roots singer songwriter violinist

Blues & Roots Artist Anne Harris on Alchemy, Music, and Improv

Keegan MorrisDecember 12, 2021

"I made a very concerted deal with myself that I wanted to take the instrument the route of improvisation in the idioms of American roots music, folk music, Americana, blues."

Chopin’s last piano gets its 19th-century features back

Associated PressDecember 9, 2021

The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed is being renovated by a U.S. expert who is giving it back its original mid-19th century characteristics.

Video: Mother-Son Duo Performs Schubert and Wieniawski Classics

WFMTDecember 9, 2021

Violinist Igor Pikayzen and pianist Tatyana Pikayzen perform two expressive, engaging fantasies.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff