Music
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Area schools to participate at Hersey band fest on SaturdayApr 10, 2014 1:01 am - Nearly 2,500 music students will converge at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights on Saturday to participate in the 14th Annual Chicagoland Invitational Concert ...
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Ireland's wedding-singer priest an Internet hitApr 10, 2014 1:01 am - DUBLIN - Father's got talent. An Irish priest has become a social-media sensation after he surprised a bride and groom by singing a custom-made cover of Leonard Cohen's ...
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Pharrell Williams, Zimmer create 'Spidey' operaApr 09, 2014 5:01 am - Director Marc Webb and famed composer Hans Zimmer assembled a supergroup of influential recording artists, including the "Happy" chart topper Pharrell Williams, for "The...
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Music notes: Eleventh Dream Day playing Hideout SundaysApr 09, 2014 5:00 am - Oldies weekend Fans of pop music from the 1950s and 1960s have two key shows to choose from in the suburbs this weekend. Little Anthony & the Imperials will play in...
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Lorde, Imagine Dragons lead Billboard nominationsApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Newcomers Lorde and Imagine Dragons are the top contenders at next month's Billboard Music Awards. The breakthrough acts are finalists in 12 categories, thank...
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Pineda plans solo album, but not leaving JourneyApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - MANILA, Philippines - Arnel Pineda says he's been putting together an album of his own compositions in his own voice to release this year, but he quashed rumors that he'...
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Tenors Florez, Brownlee offer new albumsApr 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Juan Diego Florez, "L'Amour" (Decca) Lawrence Brownlee, "Virtuoso Rossini Arias" (Delos) For more than a decade, Peruvian Juan Diego Florez and American Lawrence Br...
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Carlene Carter leans on family tiesApr 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Carlene Carter, "Carter Girl" (Rounder) Carlene Carter proves just how personal, and powerful, a tribute album can be with "Carter Girl." The album focuses solely...
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Ledisi wows with latest albumApr 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Ledisi, "The Truth" (Verve Music Group) Despite multiple Grammy nominations, being one of Michelle Obama's faves and having a voice that is among the most beautiful...
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Wilko Johnson, Roger Daltrey rock onApr 08, 2014 5:30 am - Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, “Going Back Home” (Chess) Wilko Johnson, former guitarist of rabble-rousing 1970s British rockers Dr. Feelgood, is enjoying a bitte...