Music
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Weekend picks: Bret Michaels roars into Frontier DaysJul 06, 2013 6:00 am - Frontier festivities Besides the usual carnival rides and family activities (dog Frisbee, face painting), the big news at Frontier Days is the concert by Bret Mich...
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Bobby McFerrin honors the legacy of his fatherJul 06, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — For Bobby McFerrin, breaking new ground has always been synonymous with his music. His concerts are a mixed bag of musical styles drawing from jazz, classical...
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Blood, Sweat & Tears opens Mid-Summer concert seriesJul 05, 2013 3:36 pm - The Mid-Summer Classics return on Tuesday, July 9, with Blood, Sweat and Tears, as the Elk Grove Village concert series opens for the fifth year. Since 2009, the Elk Gro...
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Schaumburg Summer Breeze concerts begin SaturdayJul 05, 2013 3:32 pm - Schaumburg’s Summer Breeze Concert Series begins Saturday, July 6, with a performance by Shawn Klush and the Fabulous Ambassadors at 7 p.m. on the grounds of the Robert ...
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Suburban Cowboys bring country covers to Lisle's Eyes to the SkiesJul 05, 2013 9:00 am - Paul "Hoss" Wenzel got his start in the music scene in the mid-1990s playing acoustic guitar for a BoDeans tribute band. With the success of the BoDeans in the '90s, Wen...
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Remember when? Nostalgia bands coming to local stagesJul 05, 2013 6:00 am - My girlfriend and I were excited to see the Queensryche billboard along Route 12 advertising Fiesta Days in McHenry — her because she used to be a huge fan, and me becau...
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Second group of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent finalists prepare to performJul 05, 2013 6:00 am - Fifteen acts have already performed and 15 more are ready to go in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by th...
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Barry Manilow: Songs of love and love of countryJul 04, 2013 6:51 am - Having reached 50 singles on the adult contemporary chart, Barry Manilow is still performing before large audiences. He returns to Washington to play “A Capitol Fourth” ...
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Music notes: Holiday heralds a weekend of rockJul 04, 2013 6:00 am - Festival rock Many suburbs are holding their summer festivals through the weekend, and live music is a big part of them. Among the bigger shows coming up are former Guns...
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Pretty Lights gets deep on all-original new albumJul 04, 2013 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derek Vincent Smith, the internationally renowned DJ who performs under the name Pretty Lights, has a simple request: Don’t call what he does electron...