Music
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Denmark’s de Forest wins Eurovision song contestMay 18, 2013 9:22 pm - MALMO, Sweden — Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough compe...
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New Deerhunter written during ‘very dark’ timeMay 18, 2013 6:00 am - ATLANTA — Bradford Cox wrote what would become the final track of Deerhunter’s forthcoming album, a song called “Punk,” at a friend’s house in New York during what he de...
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Faltskog reflects on ABBA, releases new solo albumMay 18, 2013 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES — For most of the last three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal...
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Acts jumping in for Suburban Chicago’s Got TalentMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - More than 30 acts have already signed up to audition for the second Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by t...
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3rd time’s a charm: Glover wins ‘American Idol’May 16, 2013 9:36 pm - LOS ANGELES — Candice Glover was crowned the new “American Idol” on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison. The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. ...
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With 5th album, rockers Phoenix continue to riseMay 16, 2013 5:20 pm - NEW YORK — Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album “Bankrupt!” was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented ...
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Boy band One Direction: World tour next yearMay 16, 2013 3:02 pm - LONDON — Hit boy band One Direction has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014. Plans call for the youthful chart-toppers to play major stadiums in Latin Am...
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Ralph Covert show to air on WTTWMay 16, 2013 12:00 pm - "Ralph's World: Time Machine Guitar," the new children's TV show starring musician Ralph Covert, a Glen Ellyn resident, will debut its pilot episode this weekend on WTTW...
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Trace Adkins looks for spark on new albumMay 16, 2013 6:00 am - Trace Adkins, “Love Will...” (Show Dog/Universal) Trace Adkins works with five different producers on his 11th album, suggesting the country music veteran and reali...
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Schaumburg High choirs perform May 23 to benefit food pantryMay 15, 2013 3:53 pm - These musicians will sing for food. The Schaumburg High School Music Department presents the Senior Choral Recognition Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23 in the Weimer A...