Music
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Weezer to play free concert at Woodfield June 22May 02, 2013 4:00 pm - Weezer, the alt-rock band that rose to fame with hits like “Buddy Holly” and “Undone — The Sweater Song,” will play a free concert Saturday, June 22, at Woodfield Mall i...
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Music City mourns country legend George JonesMay 02, 2013 3:27 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs. There was more humor than sadness at Jones’ funeral Thursday at the Gr...
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Guest conductor to lead ESO in ‘Lark Ascending’May 02, 2013 2:20 pm - Submitted by Elgin Symphony Orchestra The Elgin Symphony Orchestra closes its season with “The Lark Ascending” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5 a...
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Oakton’s Six Piano ensemble to perform May 4, 5May 02, 2013 1:09 pm - Be prepared to be musically dazzled when the internationally-acclaimed Oakton Six Piano Ensemble performs two concerts of popular, classical and ragtime selections at 8 ...
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The Weeks hit hard with 'Dear Bo Jackson'May 02, 2013 6:00 am - The Weeks, “Dear Bo Jackson” (Serpents and Snakes) Here's more proof Nashville, Tenn., is saving rock 'n' roll one band at a time: The Weeks. The mostly Mississippi...
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Monheit sings from the heart on new albumMay 02, 2013 6:00 am - Jane Monheit, “The Heart of the Matter” (Emarcy/Decca) Jane Monheit sometimes seemed detached from the material on her earlier albums as she overemphasized her jazz...
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Hymn for Her light a fire on ‘Flames’May 02, 2013 6:00 am - Hymn for Her, “Lucy and Wayne’s Smokin Flames” (Hymn for Her) Lucy Tight’s cigar box guitar is the Devil, whispering sinful thoughts in your ear. Tight, half the husband...
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Donald Harrison to headline Chicago Jazz FestivalMay 02, 2013 5:46 am - The headliners at this summer’s Chicago Jazz Festival are drummer Jack DeJohnnette, saxophonist Charles Lloyd, pianist Jason Moran and New Orleans saxophonist Donald Har...
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Drug overdose suspected in rapper's deathMay 01, 2013 9:00 pm - ATLANTA —Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," died at an Atlanta hospital on...
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‘Idol’ tour to make Rosemont stopMay 01, 2013 4:24 pm - Tickets for the July 6 “American Idol Live 2013 Tour” at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont will go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, May 3. The con...