Music
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Long Grove Apple Fest this weekendSep 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Historic Downtown Long Grove's 22nd annual Apple Fest returns 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, through Sunday, Sept. 28. Visitors can expect to have bushels of fun by...
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Guitar legend Alex de Grassi to perform at Sept. 26Sep 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Grammy-nominated classical and jazz musician Alex de Grassi, who helped lay the foundation for contemporary finger-style guitar, will perform tonight at Oakton Community...
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Mavis Staples to get star-powered musical tributeSep 23, 2014 9:30 am - CHICAGO - Mavis Staples is getting the tribute treatment. An all-star lineup of musicians including Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Taj Mahal, Eric Church, Michael McDonald...
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Country singer Merle Haggard still on the roadSep 23, 2014 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Even Merle Haggard gets nervous about stepping onto a stage when the audience is filled with songwriters, record label executives and fellow artists. ...
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Bennett, Gaga have special chemistry on new CDSep 23, 2014 5:45 am - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, "Cheek to Cheek" (Interscope/Columbia) Tony Bennett has never forgotten the boost he got when Frank Sinatra declared him "the best singer in th...
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Nick Carter, Jordan Knight to play two HOB shows this weekendSep 23, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Jordan Knight says being in a duo with fellow boy band veteran Nick Carter is less stressful than being part of New Kids on the Block. "When you're in a reall...
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Kenny Chesney shows the way on new albumSep 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Kenny Chesney, "The Big Revival" (Blue Chair/Columbia) Kenny Chesney took a year off before recording his new album, "The Big Revival," and it shows. Cohesive in sc...
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Wealth of riches fuels rock band New PornographersSep 22, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Soft-spoken A.C. Newman doesn't seem like a braggart. Yet he feels so strongly that his rock band, the New Pornographers, has just made its best work that a s...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra might build summer home in NapervilleSep 22, 2014 1:00 am - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is considering a privately owned site in Naperville as a location for a permanent outdoor concert venue. But DuPage County Board Chairman ...
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Jennifer Hudson lacks personal style on 3rd albumSep 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Jennifer Hudson, "JHUD" (RCA) Jennifer Hudson's new album, "JHUD," would fly off the shelves if every copy included a tiny stage, complete with miniature Jennifer Hudson...