This Week in Great Music: 8/23 – 8/29

Monday, August 23 Clare and the Reasons, Millennium Park.  6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Hideout.  7 pm, $10 suggested donation Brandon Flowers, Park West.  8 pm, sold out

Tuesday, August 24 The Wooden Birds, Dan Mangan, Hospital Ships; Schubas.  9 pm, $10

Wednesday, August 25 David Gray, Ray LaMontagne, Serena Ryer; Millennium Park.  6:15 . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/23 – 8/29

This Week in Great Music – 10/12 – 10/18

This week is incredibly quiet for music in Chicago. Maybe everyone is turning Columbus Day into a whole week of holiday, I don’t know.  Lucinda Williams has her three-night residency at Park West, where she’s covering material from throughout her career on each night.  Lincoln Hall opens this Friday, with Mike Doughty kicking things . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music – 10/12 – 10/18