Music
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Documentary, album explore Loretta Lynn's Appalachian roots
Feb 29, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When Loretta Lynn was growing up in Butcher Hollow in Kentucky in 1930s, her home in the coal mining community was always filled with music, eith...
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Waubonsie band to premiere 'symbolic' song of Agent Orange's effectsFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - Family, history, health, war, love and death are all part of the story told by a new song Waubonsie Valley High School's Wind Ensemble will premiere during a concert Thu...
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Ticket sales begin Friday for three shows at Genesee TheatreFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - Tickets will go on sale Friday for three new shows at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. The featured acts are: • Former "In Living Color" co-stars Tommy Davidson and Da...
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Tickets on sale Friday for Johnny Mathis in RosemontFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - Singer Johnny Mathis celebrates his 60 years in show business with a tour that includes a stop at the Rosemont Theatre. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, wi...
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How does Lady Gaga manage to steal every single awards show?Feb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - Attention award show producers: If you invite Lady Gaga to the broadcast, she will steal your show. At the Academy Awards on Sunday night - and for the third time this a...
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Annual Youth in Harmony contest returns March 12Feb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - A Youth in Harmony Vocal regional contest will be held Saturday, March 12, at the District 158 Performing Arts Center at Huntley High School, 13719 Harmony Road. The c...
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Sam Smith talks writing Bond song, performing at OscarsFeb 28, 2016 6:00 am - Though Sam Smith has mingled with Hollywood's elite thanks to the success of "Writing's On The Wall" - the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning James Bond theme song - ...
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Sunday picks: 'First Folio!' exhibit, Family PaloozaFeb 28, 2016 5:58 am - Last chance See "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare," a national touring exhibition that commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's dea...
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Vernon Hills High School jazz concertFeb 28, 2016 12:00 am - The Vernon Hills High School jazz concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the studio theater at the high school, 145 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. Tickets ...
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Weekend picks: 'Stomp,' Adam and Stubhy of LBCFeb 27, 2016 5:00 am - Drumming playground For more than two decades, the international percussion revue “Stomp” has shown that music can be made from all kinds of unconventional instrume...