Music
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Frank Turner opens up on new albumMay 04, 2013 6:00 am - Frank Turner, “Tape Deck Heart” (Interscope Records) English folk-punk singer Frank Turner delivers his most personal work to date on his fifth solo album, “Tape De...
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Woody Guthrie Center opens in TulsaMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - TULSA, Okla. — It took Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah more than 30 years after his death to finally celebrate his life and work with an annual music festival, and si...
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PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil WayneMay 03, 2013 7:14 pm - NEW YORK — PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties to Lil Wayne over the rapper’s crude reference to civil rights martyr Emme...
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Elgin band makes Christian radio debutMay 03, 2013 5:09 pm - An Elgin-based Christian rock band is looking forward to its radio debut Sunday. The band P.U.S.H. — an acronym for Pray Until Something Happens — will be playing live a...
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Marathon benefit concert lineup: New Kids, Aerosmith, TaylorMay 03, 2013 11:21 am - BOSTON — Aerosmith, James Taylor, and Jimmy Buffett are among the scheduled performers for a Boston Marathon benefit concert May 30. The show, at the TD Garden, will ben...
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'Oklahoma!' launches Lyric's musical theater initiativeMay 03, 2013 11:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago will see if the "wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet" when it opens its new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's landmark 1943 musical "Oklah...
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Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at 49May 03, 2013 6:55 am - LOS ANGELES — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson...
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Impressive debut by blues vet Gitlo LeeMay 03, 2013 6:00 am - Gitlo Lee, “Comin' Out the Hole” (Chuckie Productions) Gitlo Lee sings with glee, whether the subject is beer, large women, collard greens, silk sheets, the Okefeno...
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Country music stars back gay marriage in IllinoisMay 02, 2013 8:24 pm - Four country music stars are announcing their support for legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois. “Big” Kenny Alphin of the musical duo Big & Ric...
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TobyMac to play Sears CentreMay 02, 2013 4:35 pm - Tickets are on sale now for TobyMac’s Hits Deep Tour, which plays the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates on Saturday, Nov. 23. On the bill are Brandon Heath, Mandisa,...