Music
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It’s girls’ day out at Pheasant RunJun 24, 2013 2:08 pm - Calling all women! Fox Valley Repertory is extending an invitation to all women of the Fox Valley area to join them as they celebrate girl strength and breast cancer sur...
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Blues singer Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland dies at 83Jun 24, 2013 7:14 am - GRENADA, Miss. — Singer Bobby “Blue” Bland, who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as “Turn on Your Love Light” and “Further on up the Road,” has died. He was...
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Alison Moyet's 'The Minutes' impressesJun 23, 2013 11:00 pm - Alison Moyet, “The Minutes” (Cooking Vinyl/Metropolis Records) Alison Moyet is not trying to impress you. True to her punk roots, the English artist didn't make “Th...
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Jack White, Kitty, Joe Jonas win at O Music AwardsJun 21, 2013 6:58 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jack White, Kitty and Joe Jonas are among the winners of the O Music Awards. The off-kilter 24-hour awards show hosted by the MTV family of networks w...
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Jay-Z certified as NBA player agentJun 20, 2013 6:17 pm - NEW YORK — Jay-Z is now in the player agent business. The rap mogul has been certified by the NBA players’ association, spokesmen for the union and Roc Nation Sports sai...
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Schaumburg announces Septemberfest music actsJun 20, 2013 2:27 pm - Schaumburg has announced several of the main stage musical acts for this year’s 43rd annual Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend. Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats will perfo...
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Free concerts at Independence Grove run through Aug. 6Jun 19, 2013 3:56 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve District will host free outdoor concerts this summer at the Independence Grove preserve near Libertyville. Performances will begin at 7:3...
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Lightfoot draws on long career for current tourJun 19, 2013 11:00 am - Gordon Lightfoot seems to like to keep people guessing, including himself. "I don't like getting locked into the same show every night," he said. So the Canadian folk ...
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Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90Jun 19, 2013 10:55 am - MIAMI — Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the wo...
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Music notes: '90s tribute bands hit Durty Nellie'sJun 19, 2013 6:00 am - Memory lane Remember the '90s? Three bands will pay tribute to key acts of the Clinton era at Durty Nellie's this weekend. The bands on the bill are St. Jimmy (payi...