Music
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Music, comedy strike defiant tone at Sandy concertDec 12, 2012 6:00 pm - NEW YORK — Music and comedy royalty struck a defiant tone in a benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims on Wednesday, asking for help to rebuild a New York metropoli...
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Waukegan Y hosts “Reason for Season”Dec 12, 2012 4:08 pm - The community is invited to celebrate the holiday season at a free family-oriented program of music and dance from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Northern Lake YMCA,...
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Images: Top 2012 Google searchesDec 12, 2012 1:00 pm - ...
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Bruno Mars pushes ahead with sophomore albumDec 12, 2012 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Bruno Mars was jealous of Amy Winehouse because he wanted to do what she did: release genre-bending songs that connected with audiences around the world. “I f...
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Graham Parker back with his band after 3 decadesDec 12, 2012 5:00 am - The bass player is a librarian. One guitarist fixes guitars, the other teaches people how to play. The drummer and keyboard player have scattered to other gigs. Yet when...
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Big Boi delivers gems on second solo albumDec 12, 2012 5:00 am - Big Boi, “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors” (Def Jam) Big Boi is artistic throughout his sophomore solo album, taking risks by meshing electro sounds with his raps...
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Music notes: Make a donation, see some bandsDec 12, 2012 5:00 am - Music for the soul Chicago-area native Maurice Mahon is a rising star in the soul/r&b world, and he'll perform along with Larry Springfield and Asisa Lisa at a spec...
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Weekend picks: Holiday Magic lights up zooDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - Hunger games There is no gingerbread house in director Richard Jones' acclaimed and much-traveled take on Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera “Hansel & Gretel.” Instea...
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Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar dies at 92Dec 11, 2012 9:00 pm - NEW DELHI — Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas ...
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Green Day completes trilogy with ‘Tre’Dec 11, 2012 3:34 pm - Green Day “Uno,” “Dos” and “Tre” (Reprise Records) As record sales continue to wane, one has to wonder the logic behind separately releasing a trilogy of albums over the...