On The 21st Show, we preview the summer concert season with selena fragassi youtu.be/fFj7CjQqajs

It’s not even truly summer yet and this concert season is already on 🔥 with another masterful show last night chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/06/…

Check out our recent interview with selena fragassi, author of the book "Alanis: Thirty Years of Jagged Little Pill." #SelenaFragassi #JaggedLittlePill #AlanisMorissette Alanis Morissette youtu.be/2YNepmeTbew?si…

I love this couple and their story so very much and so glad I finally had the chance to speak to Michael & Tanya chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/06/…

Thirty years ago, #AlanisMorrisette released her album 'Jagged Little Pill'. Author selena fragassi shares insight into the recording of the album, the stories behind the tracks, and the album's lasting legacy. AUDIO: spreaker.com/episode/alanis… VIDEO: youtu.be/yAix6AV5Syk?si…

GOOD READ: Who is Mello Buckzz, #mellobuckzz the Chicago rapper at the center of mass shooting in River North? - BY selena fragassi chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/0…

Thank you Wu-Tang chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

I'm so excited to announce my next book for @quartokids and first YA book, on #sabrinacarpenter. It's out in October but if you are a barnesandnoble member and preorder by tomorrow you'll get 25% off with code PREORDER25. Stay tuned for more book announcements! #bnpreorder

She had me at holding her own decapitated mannequin head ... Kesha's latest tour is a powerful display of a woman and artist reclaiming her power chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

Alabama Shakes are back! And I had the pleasure of writing about their tour kickoff (the first in 8 years) in Chicago for SPIN spin.com/2025/07/alabam…

Bucket list chat right here. Highly recommend you see Kim Deal perform this luscious solo album next week at Thalia Hall or on a tour stop near you. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

Last night, Blackpink brought their world tour to Chicago, one of just 4 North American cities in 2025 but there seemed to be subtle hints there's more in store soon, especially as next year marks their 10th anniversary chicago.suntimes.com/2025/07/19/bla…

A few weeks ago I had the chance to sit down with Natalie Bergman for this piece about her new record and her story. Please give "My Home Is Not In This World" a spin - it's beautiful and heartwarming as it all the life that inspired it. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

Still can't believe I had the chance to talk to the one and only Morgan Freeman. If you love the blues, a good history piece and that unmistakable voice, go see this show on tour now. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

Gorgeous set from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs last night chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

Kim Deal’s “Nobody Loves You More” is a beautiful beast of an album, performed impeccably well live with a nine-piece ensemble. That and all the Chicago-ness made last night really special chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/07/…

It was 20 years, in 2005, that Lollapalooza made its new home in Chicago. I had the chance to reflect upon that milestone and everything the festival has brought forth in a new essay for the Sun-Times. Hope you enjoy it :) chicago.suntimes.com/lollapalooza/2…

At 8amET Eric Alper 🎧's Show is on #SiriusXM 167! Today: Broadway's Mandy Gonzalez, selena fragassi on "Alanis: Thirty Years Of Jagged Little Pill," Adam Feibel & Matt Bobkin on Canadian Punk history, and more! Listen on the #SiriusXM app: siriusxm.ca/CanadaTalksLive

justine tobiasz dorothy hernandez "To this day, I still think about how in 2007, I chose to go just one day on Aug. 4 to see Silverchair and not Aug. 5 to see Amy Winehouse." Looking back at 20 years of Lollapalooza in Chicago chicago.suntimes.com/lollapalooza/2… by one of my favorite writers in Chicago, selena fragassi.

The Chicago Sun-Times photographers are so incredibly talented and hardworking and this photo essay shows some of their incredible work capturing 20 years in Chicago