Music
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Plain White T's to play free concert in RosemontSep 19, 2014 1:01 am - Early birds will get a free concert when the band The Plain White T's performs at MB Financial Park in Rosemont from 6 to 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26. The Grammy Award-nomi...
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alt-J returns with beautiful, baffling LPSep 18, 2014 5:00 am - alt-J, "This Is All Yours" (Atlantic) The new album from alt-J isn't supposed to exist. Nobody, we're told, wants to hear this kind of stuff anymore. The album - an...
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Jason Isbell cleans up at Americana AwardsSep 17, 2014 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell swept the major awards Wednesday night at the Americana Honors & Awards, creating another special moment with his wife,...
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Callaway pays tribute to Sarah VaughanSep 17, 2014 4:45 pm - Ann Hampton Callaway, "From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project" (Shanachie) Ann Hampton Callaway has undeservedly flown under the radar as a jazz singer. Pe...
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Tim McGraw, Faith Hill score another hit togetherSep 17, 2014 3:01 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tim McGraw has a reputation for picking the right songs over the course of his 20-year career, although he says he had some help on his latest hit. ...
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Food and entertainment shine at Art in Your Eye in BataviaSep 17, 2014 6:00 am - It's been said that art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. At Batavia's Art in Your Eye festival, you can be the judge. The 10th annual fine arts show is sche...
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Music notes: Flatfoot 56 tackles punk with bagpipesSep 17, 2014 6:00 am - Punk, Irish style Flatfoot 56 is one of Chicago's representatives in the small but devoted "Celtic punk" scene. Like its local peers, the Tossers, Flatfoot 56 adds tradi...
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Sergio Mendes spreads joy of Brazil's musicSep 17, 2014 5:45 am - Sergio Mendes, “Magic” (Okeh) Sergio Mendes continues his mission of spreading the joy of Brazilian music to a global audience on new album “Magic.” That mission be...
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Pianist Rick Lowe plays Adler concert seriesSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - The David Adler Music & Arts Center in Libertyville presents Rick Lowe in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. Lowe, a local pianist, accompanist, and member of the Adler...
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Ariana Grande coming to AllstateSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - Tickets go on sale to the public beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, for pop and R&B singer Ariana Grande's concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Allstate A...