MUSIC — Recent and All-Time Fave Stories in US and Beyond

STONE FOXES Interview — Cinematic Rockin’ - California rockers break down their roots in the West of their roots and Hollywood's too

Patty Griffin’s album TAPE combines image-rich, emotionally charged lyrics with a folk-style twang. Review by Lily LeaVesseur

MOON FOLLOWED ME TO FALMOUTH Filmmaker Kurt Rosenberg – Interview, where Rosenberg shares his love of animation to bring his music alive

Lyric Opera House Presents HANSEL AND GRETEL — A Grim Yet Playful Fairy Tale - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by Alexis Bugajski

EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE Album — PICTURE PREVIEW, Music Genre: Electronic, classical, With his new eight-track album acclaimed Irish artist Kormac

Lyric Opera Presents Rossini’s LE COMTE ORY Review — Bel Canto Romp, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, thru November 26, 2022, $40+

CHERRY'S BENT Album — PICTURE PREVIEW, Layn’s “relentless thirst for new kinds of music” is easily heard in “Cherry’s Bent”

Lyric Opera Presents ERNANI Review - A Moving Interpretation of Guiseppe Verdi's Opera, reviewed by Francisco Gallardo

Carlos Simon Presents REQUIEM FOR THE ENSLAVED Album Review — Requiem Employing Black American Traditions, reviewed by Francisco Gallardo

CRUNCHYROLL EXPO 2022 gathers anime fans for whirlwind weekend of shopping, live music, and panels. Review by Lily LeaVesseur

SKY CREATURE Interview — Alchemy for Our Ear - cross genre musicians Matt Walsh and Majel Connery explain their unique sound

Régulo Martínez-Antón Presents SUSPENDED TIMES Album Review – Solo Romantic Piano Repertoire, reviewed by violist Francisco Gallardo

Lyric Opera Presents FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES Review — Pitch-Perfect Affect, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED as an instant classic

Bonobo Presents FRAGMENTS Album Review — Contemplative and Organic Electronic Music. An album review written by Ricardo Rico.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Presents SOUNDS OF CELEBRATION Review — Feeling the Thirst for LIVE-review by Picture This Post Editor Amy Munice.

HipHop Will Save the World A YO! Video -- Spence Warren Asks WHO DOESN'T LOVE RAPPING PUPPETS? - #BLM #COVID19

Access Contemporary Music Presents SOUND OF SILENT FILM FESTIVAL – Preview

Access Contemporary Music (ACM) Presents SPECIFIC GRAVITY Review - Galactic

Grant Park Music Festival Presents Mahler’s RESURRECTION SYMPHONY—Ending the Season Well

Grant Park Music Festival performs American music full of energy like arodeo; and Conrad Tao, the pianist, performs a Russian piano concertowith similar energy!

Access Contemporary Music Presents SPEAKING IN TONGUES Review – Communicating Deeper Than Words, performance at Davis Theater

Dame Myra Hess Memorial concert series hosted Ukrainian peace activist and pianist Pavel Gintov on May 31st, 2017 – read our conversation with him here

Dame Myra Hess concert pianist Yevgeny Yontov, spoke with Picture this Post about his one-time dance career, music, achievements, and more

Dame Myra Hess pianist Yehong Shi, born in China, had a late start in his piano career that was an accidental byproduct of the SARS epidemic

Liana Paniyeva performs at Dame Myra Hess concert, also simulcast on WFMT, including piano works by Gluck, Ravel and Rachmaninoff

Brannon Cho, cellist, performs at the weekly Dame Myra Hess concert with pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion playing Beethoven, Schubert and Tchaikovsky

Fast-changing Lithuania has many music festivals that are important cultural events in Europe, above and beyond Lithuania per se

Alex Klein, CSO Principal Oboist, returns to the Dame Myra Hess concerts that helped launch his career in the midst of his return to the CSO

Mariam Batsashvili seeks the divine in her performances, clearly WOWing the Dame Myra Hess concert audience in the hall and likely on WFMT

Violinist Kate Carter and pianist Louise Chang perform a playful profgram for WFMT audience and also live in Chicago Cultural Center

Samuel Deason, Canadian pianist, talks about his recent Dame Myra Hess performance and his love of foraging for mushrooms