Music
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The Civil Wars release new album despite hiatusJul 09, 2013 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There are still helium balloons clinging to the ceiling and new toys scattered across a table in the living room when Joy Williams answers the door. T...
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Best bets: Saddle up for IPRA Championship RodeoJul 09, 2013 6:00 am - Top Pick Bronco busters Cheer on the brave wranglers and riders at the Wauconda Chamber of Commerce 50th IPRA Championship Rodeo this weekend at Golden Oaks Ro...
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Jay-Z treads familiar ground on 12th albumJul 08, 2013 11:00 pm - Jay-Z, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” (Roc Nation/Universal) Kanye didn't care about satisfying radio with his latest album. Neither does Jay-Z. “Magna Carta Holy Grail,”...
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Singer Randy Travis in critical condition in TexasJul 08, 2013 5:06 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer Randy Travis was listed in critical condition a day after being hospitalized in Texas with heart problems. A news release from th...
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Celine Dion helps launch Canadian artist on StripJul 08, 2013 3:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite eas...
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Kings of Leon join in to help Okla. tornado reliefJul 08, 2013 11:55 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When tornadoes devastated parts of Oklahoma earlier this year, members of Kings of Leon decided to help out the people of the state that’s been a huge...
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Gay-themed music video a YouTube hitJul 08, 2013 10:30 am - LOS ANGELES — He’s a musician without a record label, a card holder without any remaining credit. And the gig that supplies what he calls “food money” may now be in jeop...
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Judges wowed by finalists in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent competitionJul 07, 2013 10:00 am - Southern-flavored rock 'n' roll, jazz piano and beatboxing were among the talents on display Sunday night at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. ...
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Sunday picks: Free concerts abound in suburbsJul 07, 2013 6:00 am - Denny Diamond Spend a musical Sunday afternoon with Neil Diamond tribute artist Denny Diamond as he headlines a concert in the band shell at Cantigny Park, 1S151 W...
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Rapper Mac Miller turns heads with new albumJul 07, 2013 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mac Miller had a quick decision to make when Kanye West jumped the street date for his new album: Move his “Watching Movies with the Sound Off” to a d...