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The Bowery Palace in New York, NY will celebrate the late Clem Burke with several performers on March 25 and 26. Both nights are now sold out. Burke is best known for being Blondie’s drummer, and in recent years, he collaborated with several musicians on recordings and live performances. Guest performers at The Bowery Palace event will include Glen Matlock; Steve Wynn; Jesse Malin; Tommy Stinson; Kathy Valentine; Brix Smith; Linda Pitmon; Gail Greenwood; John Easdale; and Michael Giblin.

10,000 Maniacs have sold out all four of their shows scheduled at City Winery Chicago this Thursday through Sunday. The band, which gave us hits such as “Like The Weather,” “Trouble Me,” and “Candy Everybody Wants,” will celebrate their 45th anniversary this year by releasing of box set of material from their Elektra/Rhino Records years, as well as an album of new songs.

Tickets are now on sale for the All The Feelings Tour with Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars. The tour kicks off on June 8 in Austin, TX, and will include a stop at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on July 24. Other cities include Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Boston, and Washington, D.C.

The Imperial Sound, the Chicago-based sextet that blends jazz, blues, and rock, with a dash of vintage supper club ambience, has a free show coming up this Wednesday at Simon’s Tavern on Chicago’s north side. 5210 N. Clark. The music starts at 8:30 pm.

The Asbury Record Show, featuring LPs, 45s, CDs, and cassettes, will be held at the The Stone Pony venue in Asbury Park, NJ on March 1. The event’s Facebook page promises to feature vendors from all over the tri-state area.

Decoy Prayer Meeting; Everly Hillbillies; Ian McKinley Band; Between Howls; and Rhythm And Twang will join together in a country and western/rockabilly flavored event on March 28 at Montrose Saloon on Chicago’s north side. The music starts at 6:30 pm.

Blues Week at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights, IL wrapped up last Saturday, but there are two blues events well worth checking out this week at the venue. John Primer has a show there tomorrow night; and Wednesday brings a performance by Corky Siegel and Kalyan. New Colony Six, the Chicago-based band that scored hits such as “I Confess” and “Things I’d Like To Say” in the 1960s, has a gig at Hey Nonny on Friday.

I may not know where all the good times have gone, but I’m sure there will be some at Montrose Saloon this Wednesday when singer-guitarist Phil Angotti, with special guest guitarist John Szymanski, presents a Ray Davies Night. Montrose Saloon is located at 2933 W. Montrose on Chicago’s north side. There is a suggested $10 donation. On Thursday night, Montrose Saloon will screen the Avalon feature film Roxy Music - More Than This at 7:00 pm.

Singer-guitarist Michael Steven Cohen, a former member of the power pop bands The Abbeys and Pop Dollys, has embarked on a successful career playing selections from The Great American Songbook at dinner clubs. He took some time off since his last performance in December, 2025 but will be back at one of his regular haunts, the Tuscan Market And Wine Shop in Arlington Heights, IL, on Valentine’s Day. Cohen will be joined by Edward Hasse on bass.

For couples who enjoy a bit of intrigue with their Valentine’s Day celebration, Sideshow Villains’ Deviant Cabaret will present its 7 Deadly Sins Masquerade at the Copernicus Center in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood this Saturday. The troupe will offer musical tales of crime set to an adventurous mix of puppetry, vaudeville, and circus acts. Audience members are encouraged to arrive in costume.

Cult Canyon, the latest band formed by Chicago-based vocalist-guitarist Josh Chicoine, has a show coming up at the G-Man Tavern in Chicago this Friday. Chicoine is best known for his work with The M’s, an indie rock band that released a series of albums (2003 – 2008) and built a loyal following via numerous live performances. In more recent years, he led the bands Sabers and Cloudbirds. Cult Canyon’s G-Man Tavern gig will no doubt showcase songs from their Smoke Tricks album, which will be available to download on March 13 via Bandcamp. Rattleback Records on Chicago’s north side will carry a limited-edition vinyl version.