Music
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Review: Charlie Rich tribute explores legend's Sun years
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - Various Artists, "Feel Like Going Home - The Songs of Charlie Rich" (Memphis International Records) Charlie Rich had hits and was called a "musician's musician," but his...
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Music Review: Matt Hires shines as he takes on demons
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - Matt Hires, "American Wilderness" (Rock Ridge Music) Matt Hires wrestles with negativity - and has a knack for dark, cutting turns of phrase. "In the wilderness," he sin...
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Luke Bryan's Farm Tour hits home for the farmer's son
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - ELIZABETHTOWN, Kentucky (AP) - Country star Luke Bryan was a bit stiff as he stepped onboard his tour bus in the middle of a soybean field in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Hi...
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Times a-changin': Nobel jury says lyrics can be literature
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - There's no question about Bob Dylan's genius as a songwriter or his profound impact on popular culture in America and beyond. But not everyone thinks he...
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After Kaepernick's protest, singers question anthem
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy-winning R&B singer Anthony Hamilton has sung the national anthem in the past. Don't ask him to sing it in the near future. Hamilton's frustration ...
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Music Review: David Bromberg Band shine on new blues album
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - David Bromberg Band, "The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues" (Red House) Among his many attributes, David Bromberg is a generous bandleader, and so the fi...
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Food and drink combine with arts at ECC's MicroFestOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College Arts Center will host its first MicroFest Saturday, Oct. 15. Described as a handcrafted night of music, theater, beer, and bites, the Arts Cente...
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Roger Waters includes 2 Chicago shows on 2017 'Us + Them' tourOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Fresh off his politically charged performance at the Desert Trip music festival in California, Roger Waters says he'll launch a 51-city North Am...
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The genius of Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan's storytellingOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Thursday morning, we learned that Bob Dylan had won the Nobel Prize for literature for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." ...
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Nearly 6 months later, Prince superfans still mourning
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Have you ever missed someone so much that even the thought of them made you burst into tears? Now imagine that feeling drenched in purple rain. Nearly si...