Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their band's hypeman and was known as "Chicago Mike," ...

Horsegirl is a Chicago band made good. Born and bred in the city, they’ve achieved what could ostensibly be called mainstream indie success, a reflection of their years of dedicated hard work ...

Kool & the Gang's Michael Sumler was killed in a car crash just outside Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, local media reported.

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Emily Kempf and Jason Balla of Dehd spoke with IPR’s Cece Mitchell before their show at Gabe’s Iowa City about the creation ...

Tributes are pouring in for a legendary R&B singer who was known as always being the “life of the party”. Michael Sumler, a ...

CHICAGO — A popular Chicago band is drawing a crowd for their message as much as their music. The band Hello Weekend, has been a Chicago favorite for years but it’s the female lead singer ...

To say SXSW has meant a great deal to Chicago dream pop band ON AN ON might be an understatement. It was just last year that the trio of friends decided to do the band thing after watching the ...

working with producer Randy Randall of the L.A. noise band No Age. “Five days is a long time for us,” Slater says. “The longest we’ve been in a studio.” Before entering Chicago’s ...

A Northeast Nebraska high school marching band will perform on a big stage this weekend. The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears ...

Multi-Grammy award winning band and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago will be performing in Newark at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Friday, July 25, 2025 at 8:00 P.M. Tickets ...

The Grammy-winning band confirmed news of Sumler’s death, revealing that he was a member of the group from 2000 to 2015.