Music
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Review: Blood Orange's 'Freetown Sound' is personal, topical
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - Blood Orange, "Freetown Sound" (Domino) "Freetown Sound," the latest from Devonté Hynes A.K.A. Blood Orange, is a fascinating 17-track album approximating an AM radio s...
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Metallica to release first album in 8 years
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Metallica is preparing to self-destruct - in a good way! The band announced Thursday it's releasing its first album in eight years, the longest Metall...
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How violinist Lindsey Stirling learned to be brave
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling's emotional roller coaster of a year included the death of her best friend and keyboardist and learning that her fa...
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Carpentersville music fest to showcase variety of genresAug 18, 2016 6:00 am - In order to make the Odd Fellows Rock the Fox Music Fest in Carpentersville more inclusive, Century Lodge 492 decided to not charge an admission fee. “We want it to be a...
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Constable: New Cubs feeling inspires new Cubs songAug 18, 2016 5:00 am - A popular emcee for decades in the Fox Valley, veteran suburban radio newsman Stew Cohen will get a chance Friday night to introduce something unprecedented when he step...
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Advocate Sherman's 'Music by the Water' to fund Musicians Care patient programAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - On Sunday, Aug. 28, Advocate Sherman Hospital and the Advocate Charitable Foundation will be hosting "Music by the Water" from noon to 3 p.m. on the hospital's lakeside ...
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Review: Parton doesn't break new ground, and maybe that's OK
Aug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Dolly Parton, "Pure & Simple" (Sony Music Nashville) The list of country legends able to do whatever they want musically without alienating their fans isn't long: W...
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Gavin DeGraw in Eric & Kathy's free charity concertAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw will perform selections of his hit songs live during "Eric & Kathy's Concert for the Kids" at Rosemont's MB Financial Par...
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ESO season opens with Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, once called 'too difficult to play'Aug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the 2016 Illinois Professional Orchestra of the Year, opens its 2016-17 season on Sept. 17-18 with music director Andrew Grams conducting a...
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Eminem joins Drake on stage to quash rumored quarrel
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Drake and Eminem have knocked down rumors of bad blood by appearing on stage together at Drake's show in Eminem's hometown of Detroit on Tuesday night. Th...