Music
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Chicago's Buddy Guy fights to keep the blues aliveOct 10, 2012 6:00 am - Ask Chicago guitar legend Buddy Guy about the future of the blues and he'll give a depressing — but direct — answer. “It's scary,” Guy said during an interview upstairs ...
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Wallflowers uneven on 'Glad All Over'Oct 10, 2012 6:00 am - The Wallflowers, "Glad All Over" (Columbia) "Glad All Over," The Wallflowers' first release in seven years, is an uneven return for the roots-rock band fronted by Jako...
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Rock star Tom Morello visits with current LHS studentsOct 09, 2012 2:16 pm - Acclaimed rock ‘n’ roll guitarist and Libertyville High School graduate Tom Morello took time from his 30th high school reunion schedule last month to meet with students...
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First female rapper debuts in AfghanistanOct 09, 2012 11:44 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — “Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!” Afghanistan’s first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone. With her first rap...
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John5’s Top Five horror soundtracksOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - John5’s Top Five horror soundtracks With Halloween right around the corner, Rob Zombie guitarist John5 shared his top five picks for horror-film music to get you through...
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Best bets: Under the Streetlamp in perfect harmonyOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - Harmony guys Riding high after their recent PBS special, Under the Streetlamp triumphantly returns for two concerts of 1950s and '60s pop harmonizing this Thursday ...
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Rob Zombie guitarist John5 explains ‘The Lords of Salem’ scoreOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - Rob Zombie guitarist John5 wanted to write something simple yet scary when he sat down to compose the score for his band leader’s latest horror film, “The Lords of Salem...
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Brooks, Yearwood hail Songwriters Hall inducteesOct 08, 2012 7:04 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kim Williams hesitated only slightly when asked who he thinks has been the best interpreter of his songs before the start of the Nasvhille Songwriters...
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ABBA museum to open in SwedenOct 06, 2012 7:11 am - STOCKHOLM — A traveling ABBA exhibit is to get a permanent home in a new museum dedicated mostly to the Swedish quartet that has sold nearly 400 million records since it...
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Jerrod Niemann takes new tack on ‘Free the Music’Oct 06, 2012 6:14 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Some things have changed for Jerrod Niemann since he finally scored a couple of hit songs after years of disappointment. And some things haven’t. In t...