Third Coast Review

Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Hosted Powerhouse Women and a Tribute to Billy Branch-a Living Legend of Chicago Blues

Day three of the 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. I was unfamiliar with either of the musicians performing before Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Kenny Neal, which is honestly a treat. First up was Canadian singer Shakura S'Aida, who took

Dispatch: Chicago Blues Festival Hosted Powerhouse Women and a Tribute to Billy Branch-a Living Legend of Chicago Blues | Third Coast Review Day three of the 2026 Chicago Blues Festival featured beautiful sunny, hot weather. I was unfamiliar with either of the musicians performing before Billy Branch with Sons of the Blues, […]

Review: Chicago Shakes Stages Brokeback Mountain, a Heartfelt Love Story About Two Ranch Hands

It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not to mention countless online forums, cartoons, parody posters, TV skits, and magazine covers. Now it is a play with music.

Review: Chicago Shakes Stages Brokeback Mountain , a Heartfelt Love Story About Two Ranch Hands | Third Coast Review It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not […]