Music
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Former ‘American Idol’ finalist performing at ‘Ignite the Night’Apr 19, 2012 6:00 am - Give her a match. Gina Glocksen’s ready to make it burn at tonight’s inaugural KidsMatter ‘Ignite the Nite’ benefit concert in Naperville. From the white-hot spotlight o...
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New album 'Slipstream' inspires Bonnie RaittApr 19, 2012 6:00 am - Bonnie Raitt had been thinking about working with Grammy-winning producer Joe Henry for years. And Henry had been kicking around the idea of reaching out to the Rock and...
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Music notes: Everybody wants to be closer to the BoDeansApr 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Roots rockers The BoDeans burst onto the scene in the mid-1980s with a stellar debut that put a rootsy, contemporary spin on classic rock 'n' roll. Since then, the ...
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Dick Clark made Prospect High grad 'feel like a big guy'Apr 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Dick Clark was a man who remembered your name. Clark presumably shook thousands of hands over the years, but when Jimy Sohns saw him on set of American Bandstand nearl...
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Fox schools stage spring musicals, comediesApr 18, 2012 4:00 pm - It's a busy weekend for the performing arts in the Fox Valley, with three high schools staging their spring plays: Dundee-Crown with “Beauty and the Beast,” Jacobs with ...
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Images: Dick ClarkApr 18, 2012 3:27 pm - ...
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The arts come alive at Kaneland festivalApr 18, 2012 8:18 am - Imagine immersing yourself in the visual and performing arts for an entire day. Taking a workshop on glass fusing, mime performance or caricature drawing. Watching a ban...
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Wainwright in top form singing about deathApr 18, 2012 6:00 am - Loudon Wainwright III, “Older Than My Old Man Now” (2nd Story Sound) This marvelous album will resonate with sons, daughters, parents, spouses or those mindful of t...
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Alabama Shakes taking the rock world by surpriseApr 18, 2012 6:00 am - Brittany Howard already had her life planned out by the time she hit her 20s, and it didn't include any of this. The lead singer and force of nature in Alabama Shakes, ...
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Nicki Minaj: I'm surprised that kids like my musicApr 17, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Nicki Minaj loves the kids, but she's not ready to completely clean up her image for her young fans. “I've always been kind of racy,” Minaj says, laughing. “D...