Music
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Review: Nouvelle Vague's new album mixes covers, originals
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - Nouvelle Vague, "I Could Be Happy" (Kwaidan Records) Nouvelle Vague's "I Could Be Happy" adds the novelty of self-written tunes to the band's usual relaxed covers from s...
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Mariah Carey to perform at 'VH1 Divas Holiday' concert
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Mariah Carey is getting into full diva mode for the holidays: She's the first act announced for next month's "VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night" concert ...
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Review: STRFKR's relaxed flow fits 4th album's dance grooves
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - STRFKR, "Being No One, Going Nowhere" (Polyvinyl/ADA) Frontman Josh Hodges takes command on STRFKR's 4th album, shaping the dance grooves into a relaxed, joyous flow. Wr...
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Twisted Sister behind him, Dee Snider has a creative surge
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - Dee Snider, "We Are the Ones" (Red River/Twisted Sister Records) With Twisted Sister in his rearview mirror after 40 years of glam metal mayhem, vocalist Dee Snider has ...
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'Gimme Danger': Iggy Pop and the Stooges, playing it straightNov 03, 2016 6:00 am - Fans of Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop might think that "Gimme Danger," Jarmusch's documentary about Pop's band the Stooges, will be a coolly ironic, formally daring homage t...
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Mundelein High jazz group to performNov 03, 2016 1:00 am - Mundelein High School's Jazz Ensemble will join 17 professional musicians in the Jazz Consortium Big Band, Sunday, Nov. 13, at Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine...
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Buffalo Grove show choir to hold fundraiser SaturdayNov 03, 2016 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove High School's Expressions Show Choir, under the direction of Debora Utley, will present its "Cabaret Night" at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. The Expressions, a...
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Winners of the 2016 CMA Awards
Nov 02, 2016 7:00 am - Partial list of winners of Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards: Female Vocalist - Carrie Underwood Vocal Group of the Year - Little Big Town Vocal Duo - Brother...
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Weekend picks: Culture Club tumbles into the GeneseeNov 02, 2016 6:00 am - New Romantics Relive 1980s pop hits when the famed British band Culture Club ("Karma Chameleon," "I'll Tumble 4 Ya") performs in concert on Thursday at the Genesee Theat...
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Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into ECC Arts Center Nov. 20Nov 01, 2016 11:00 pm - The Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform at the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Sunday, Nov. 20. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. in the center's Blizzard Thea...