Music
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Summer's ending, but the music plays onAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - Summer is winding down, and with it this column. But there's still lots of music coming up in the next few weeks, so pay attention. Ÿ The Love Shine festival kicks off ...
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Taste wine or watch melons fly at Summer Sunset FestivalAug 29, 2013 5:00 am - Lake in the Hills' Summer Sunset Festival is known for its Melon Propellin' contest, in which teams construct catapults to see how far they can launch a watermelon. But ...
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Fox Valley Folk fest adds Saturday showsAug 28, 2013 2:39 pm - Illinois’ largest folk festival is about to get larger. This year, the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival will expand its offerings with concert stages in ...
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Wheeling resident sings at fundraiserAug 28, 2013 8:47 am - Wheeling resident Rick Rosen sang recently with Chicago The Band at Ravinia in Highland Park as part of the first fundraiser for the Ron and Vicki Santo Diabetic Alert D...
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Weekend picks: Rock out with Kid Rock, ZZ TopAug 28, 2013 6:00 am - His name is ... Kid Rock, who has shifted from a rap-rock bad boy who screamed out such songs as “Bawitdaba” to a more restrained rocker exploring country and class...
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Franz Ferdinand make loud comebackAug 28, 2013 6:00 am - Franz Ferdinand, “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action,” (Domino) It's been four years since Franz Ferdinand's last album “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand,” and in th...
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Best bets: Smooth grooves at Chicago Jazz FestAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - Top Pick All that jazz The 35th Chicago Jazz Festival features acts like Jason Moran, The Julie Wood Trio, The Robert Glasper Trio and more at Millennium Park'...
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Robin Thicke just wants to have funAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Robin Thicke is enjoying a pop culture moment with the upbeat Marvin Gaye-esque single “Blurred Lines,” but the song didn’t click with his record label when h...
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Big Sean finds spotlight by staying out of itAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Big Sean has discovered that in order to find the spotlight, sometimes you have to stay out of it. The rapper put Miley Cyrus front-and-center in...
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Another portrait of Bob DylanAug 26, 2013 1:48 pm - Bob Dylan, “Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10” (Columbia) In the latest entry of his ongoing vault-diving releases, Bob Dylan revisits one of...