Gregg Shapiro

If you grew up listening to the radio in the Chicago area, AM or FM, the name Megon McDonough will be familiar to you. A local musician, McDonough, now based in Lake Forest, had her performance breakthrough as a teenager when she won a talent contest sponsored by WLS. A recording contract with Wooden Nickel

For vocalist and Kenilworth-native Jeff Harnar, life truly is a cabaret. Since the late 1980s, Harnar has received multiple accolades for work as a performer, including awards from the Mabel Mercer Foundation, the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC), and Broadway Cabaret World, to mention a few. Following a 17-year break from recording,

For many people, the name Freda Love Smith conjures the sound of music. Drumming, in particular. Before she retired, the Evanston resident was a drummer in several bands, including Blake Babies, The Mysteries of Life, Antenna, Some Girls, and Sunshine Boys to mention a few. Smith wrote about that part of her life in her