Music
-
5 things to do this weekendFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - A comic whodunit in Arlington Heights, an epic in Elgin and a farce in Naperville are just three options for the weekend ahead. Here are five ideas. For others, go to da...
-
ESO to feature the 'Music of Brahms & Ives' March 12-13Feb 18, 2016 10:00 pm - YouTube The program showcases acclaimed German pianist Alexander Schimpf in a performance of the majestic Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the most technically challe...
-
Get the Led Out celebrates the music of Led Zeppelin March 3Feb 18, 2016 10:00 pm - Get the Led Out will perform the music of Led Zeppelin live in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at the Elgin Community College Arts Center's Blizzard Theatre, ...
-
Bands from Nashville and Austin come to ECC Arts Center March 5Feb 18, 2016 10:00 pm - Nashville, Tenn.-based band Rivers and Rust and Austin, Texas-based band Greyhounds will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Elgin Community College Arts Center....
-
Review: LNZNDRF's debut CD has drive, lacks memorable tunes
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - LNZNDRF, "LNZNDRF" (4AD) Ben Lanz from the band Beirut and Scott and Bryan Devendorf from The National have combined to form LNZNDRF, a vowel-challenged side project wit...
-
Review: Dion extends his stay in the blues on latest CD
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - Dion, "New York Is My Home" (Instant Records) Dion extends his stay in the blues neighborhood on "New York Is My Home," a style that comes naturally to the doo-wop legen...
-
Review: Lovely melding of cultures on Rodriguez' 'Lola'
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - Carrie Rodriguez and the Sacred Hearts, "Lola " (Thirty Tigers/Luz) On "Lola," singer Carrie Rodriguez alternates between English and Spanish, sometimes switching in mid...
-
Rick Springfield adds country chops to 'Rocket Science'
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - Rick Springfield, "Rocket Science" (Frontiers Records) Rick Springfield sprinkles the sounds of country music across his 18th album, with banjos, steel guitars and mando...
-
Academy of Country Music announces songwriting nominations
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winner singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton earned two extra nominations from the Academy of Country Music Awards, making him the leading nom...
-
Rapper Lecrae performing at Wheaton CollegeFeb 18, 2016 4:00 am - Lecrae has won Grammys, sold more than a million albums and rubbed elbows with pro athletes. And yet he's a self-described outsider, a hard-to-define enigma in the hip-h...