In a performance that was as much a cultural statement as it was a musical showcase, Chicago-based Ghanaian artist Queen Drie made a triumphant debut at Summerfest 2026, opening the T-Mobile Stage on Juneteenth. Summerfest, widely recognized by Guinness World Records as "The World's Largest Music Festival," is held annually at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the scenic shores of Lake Michigan. This year's...

Listening to The Trusted’s new single, “Levitate,” is to willingly submit to a glorious, well-produced panic attack. From its opening moments, where frontman Tom Cunningham confesses to feeling like something to be discarded in the street, the track establishes a brutal vulnerability before yanking you into the dizzying orbit of another human being. It’s the sound of being so completely poleaxed by infatuation that...