Last night, for reasons entirely too convoluted to explain, I was standing around in a Palm Springs casino showroom that was empty except for myself, my traveling companions, a tight-knit and highly ...

People might forget today, but there was a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Midwestern rockers were heavyweights on the pop charts. Specifically, rock bands from my home state of Illinois.

Styx, a rock band that rose to prominence in the 1970’s, is set to perform at the Palace Theatre in Albany next month. And, only on 13 – ahead of the legendary band coming to the Capital Region, Styx ...

The first band in rock history to have four consecutive certified multimillion-selling albums in a row (those would be 1977’s The Grand Illusion, 1978’s Pieces of Eight, 1979’s Cornerstone and 1981’s ...