Music
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They’re rolling: Stones add another Chicago showApr 05, 2013 12:38 pm - NEW YORK — On Friday, the Rolling Stones said second shows have been added to their “50 and Counting” tour: One in Chicago — Friday, May 31, at the United Center — and a...
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Rock on radio: Ryan Tedder on band's new albumApr 05, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Ryan Tedder has been the mastermind behind hits for Adele, Beyonce and Leona Lewis, but on his band's new album, the Grammy winner gets help from other hit-ma...
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Concert to salute songs of the Academy AwardsApr 04, 2013 3:59 pm - The Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association, in partnership with District 214 Community Education, will hold its fourth and final concert of the 2012-2013 seaso...
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The Dear Hunter on target with new albumApr 04, 2013 10:00 am - The Dear Hunter, “Migrant” (Equal Vision) It’s always a challenge for musicians as technically talented as the members of The Dear Hunter not to get lost in their own wo...
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Shemekia Copeland to headline Chicago Blues FestApr 04, 2013 7:50 am - Shemekia Copeland, Bobby Rush, Irma Thomas and Jimmy Johnson are among the performers to appear at the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park this year. The li...
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The Ocean Blue strong with ‘Ultramarine’Apr 04, 2013 6:00 am - The Ocean Blue, “Ultramarine” (Korda) It’s been more than a decade since Pennsylvania’s The Ocean Blue released a full-length album and the quartet makes no secret that ...
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A world of difference in spring breaks for kids who travelApr 04, 2013 5:30 am - The only spring break I remember from my high school and college years was the one when I was 16. My dad, a farmer, hurt his back and needed me to take his place plantin...
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Gretchen Wilson continues to chart own musical pathApr 03, 2013 2:00 pm - Gretchen Wilson, “Right on Time” (Redneck) Most current country rockers draw on hard-rock arena riffs lifted from the 1990s, but Gretchen Wilson’s influences reach back ...
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Richie Sambora to miss part of Bon Jovi tourApr 03, 2013 9:21 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Guitarist Richie Sambora will not be performing with Bon Jovi during the current leg of the band’s Because We Can tour. The band, on its website, cited “...
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Born in Venezuela, they meet again in ElginApr 03, 2013 8:15 am - Two remarkable men, both born 2,390 miles away in Maracaibo, Venezuela, met for coffee in Elgin this week. José Luis Gomez, a world famous symphony conductor, will be th...