Music
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UnBande celebrating the voice of the viola SaturdayJun 14, 2016 11:00 pm - Vero Voce Theater will present UnBande at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Pheasant Run Mainstage Theater, 4051 E. Main St. in St. Charles. UnBande is a fresh collabo...
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Music notes: Robert Cray brings the blues to AuroraJun 14, 2016 1:30 pm - Foxy blues Blues guitarist Robert Cray headlines Friday night as Blues on the Fox gets under way for a weekend of soul-waking music, also featuring the Tedeschi Trucks B...
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Elk Grove H.S. band to march in Washington paradeJun 14, 2016 8:00 am - The countdown is on for members of Elk Grove High School's marching band. In a little more than a week, they leave for a high profile gig: the National Independence Day ...
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Ravinia-bound Paul Simon still experimenting after all these yearsJun 14, 2016 5:00 am - Look at the liner notes on Paul Simon's new disc, "Stranger to Stranger," and it seems like a laboratory of exotic instruments. Musicians use a mbira, a bamboo marimba, ...
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Folk singer to tell of Illinois boatmen at free concertJun 13, 2016 11:00 pm - The public is invited to the free concert, "Windjammers, Sternwheelers, and Tin-Stackers: Working Waterways of Illinois," to be held during the Taste of Des Plaines from...
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Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater among 2017 NEA Jazz Masters
Jun 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater says she's proud to be among the few women to be awarded the nation's highest jazz honor. The National Endowment for the Arts ...
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Modern Day Romeos playing Hoffman Estates concert series June 23Jun 13, 2016 1:00 am - The Modern Day Romeos will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Virginia Mary Hayter Village Green in Hoffman Estates as part of the community's "Summer Sounds on...
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Engvall, Little River Band coming to Genesee TheatreJun 13, 2016 1:00 am - Tickets go on sale soon to two new shows coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. The country-rock group Little River Band plays 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, while "...
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Paramount announces comedy, music showsJun 13, 2016 1:00 am - Having unveiled its upcoming Broadway series earlier this year, the award-winning Paramount Theatre on Monday announced the remainder of its 2016-2017 season. The seaso...
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Vote for bands to play at Algonquin CommonsJun 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Local musicians are battling it out to see who will play live this summer at Algonquin Commons. In a twist on the summer concert series, the folks at Algonquin Commons a...