Music
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Founding member of The Doors dies at 74May 20, 2013 5:00 pm - Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says...
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Last chance to vote for Buffalo Grove native in video contestMay 20, 2013 2:50 pm - He’s been hovering between first and second place all weekend. But Tuesday is the last day to vote for Wheeling High School alumnus and Buffalo Grove native David Peters...
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Poplar Creek Library hosts ‘America’s Music’May 20, 2013 11:00 am - Poplar Creek Public Library has been awarded a grant to host a six-week program starting Wednesday, May 22, featuring documentary films and scholar-led discussions of 20...
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Images: Billboard Music AwardsMay 20, 2013 9:58 am - ...
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Haiti Relief Jam II in the suburbs on June 2May 20, 2013 6:00 am - Relief jam concerts have proved to be powerful fundraising tools, most recently for Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina rebuilding efforts, among others. Now, a local relief co...
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Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard AwardsMay 20, 2013 5:30 am - Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top B...
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Daft Punk seduces machines into singingMay 19, 2013 11:00 pm - Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories” (Columbia) On its wildly anticipated fourth studio album, “Random Access Memories,” helmeted duo Daft Punk go harder, better, fa...
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Denmark’s de Forest wins Eurovision song contestMay 18, 2013 9:22 pm - MALMO, Sweden — Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough compe...
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New Deerhunter written during ‘very dark’ timeMay 18, 2013 6:00 am - ATLANTA — Bradford Cox wrote what would become the final track of Deerhunter’s forthcoming album, a song called “Punk,” at a friend’s house in New York during what he de...
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Faltskog reflects on ABBA, releases new solo albumMay 18, 2013 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES — For most of the last three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal...