Music
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Little Big Town top-notch on new albumOct 22, 2014 5:45 am - Little Big Town, "Pain Killer" (Capitol Nashville) How do the four vocalists of Little Big Town respond to the platinum success of the group's most rewarded album, ...
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Wheeling native Haley Reinhart inks new publishing dealOct 22, 2014 1:00 am - Listen up: If it's been a while since you've heard from singer-songwriter Haley Reinhart, that's about to change. The "American Idol" alumna and Wheeling native has ex...
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Enjoy 'Scots and Water' at Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band concertOct 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band will present its 13th annual fall concert, "Scots and Water," at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Buffalo Grove High School. Howard Green, foun...
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Weekend picks: 'Steady Rain' remounts at COD's McAninchOct 21, 2014 5:30 pm - Cop drama Long before Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig starred on Broadway in Keith Huff's drama “A Steady Rain,” the roles were originated in Chicago by actors Peter ...
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Jessie Ware cruises on sophomore albumOct 21, 2014 2:00 pm - Jessie Ware, "Tough Love" (Interscope) Jessie Ware's "Tough Love" is lovely, and that's not a tepid endorsement. No, the English singer's sophomore disc is lovely i...
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Tuneful tunes with touch of twang from Brad ColerickOct 21, 2014 11:00 am - Brad Colerick, "Tucson" (Back 9 Records) Brad Colerick opens his fourth solo album with the title cut, which reminds us the road does not actually go on forever. C...
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Flying Lotus moves deeper into the unknownOct 21, 2014 6:00 am - Flying Lotus, “You're Dead!” (Warp) The fifth album by Los Angeles producer Flying Lotus moves even further away from his early instrumental hip-hop work toward a m...
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Music notes: Blues-rock band Lonesome Shack comes to LombardOct 21, 2014 6:00 am - Still truckin' The Drive-By Truckers, one of today's finest bands, has both reclaimed and reinvented Southern rock 'n' roll. The group, always a treat to see live, plays...
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Lecrae looks to break mold of a Christian rapperOct 21, 2014 5:45 am - ATLANTA — Lecrae is dubbed a Christian rapper, but he considers himself a rapper who happens to be Christian. The Grammy-winning artist (his album “Gravity” won for best...
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Love, discipline fuel Neil Diamond's latest albumOct 20, 2014 11:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Neil Diamond wrote and recorded his first studio album of new material in six years floating in the heady glow of new love. The 73-year-old enter...