Music
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Steve Martin teams up with William ShakespeareJun 22, 2012 5:00 pm - NEW YORK — Steve Martin has a new writing partner, a guy even more famous than the comedian, actor, writer and banjo player. Martin has teamed up with no less than Willi...
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Prospect Heights holds shortened summer festival SaturdayJun 22, 2012 1:37 pm - For the last 33 years, the Prospect Heights Summer Block Party has been a three-day-long affair. This year, the festival has been shortened because of economic pressures...
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Tickets on sale for Buffalo Grove musicalJun 21, 2012 2:04 pm - Big Deal Productions, the performing arts division of the Buffalo Grove Park District, will present Annie as its 2012 summer musical in the West Auditorium at Stevenson ...
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Sonny Rollins tops at Jazz AwardsJun 21, 2012 8:03 am - NEW YORK — Tenor sax legend Sonny Rollins was a triple winner Wednesday at the annual Jazz Awards, garnering musician of the year honors for the second straight year. Ro...
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Jackson brothers move on without MichaelJun 21, 2012 6:30 am - BURBANK, Calif. — Guided by a thumping bass line from their backing band, the Jackson brothers strut forward to a row of four microphones, thrusting their pelvises along...
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Music notes: Nu-metal heroes Saliva stop at Durty Nellie'sJun 20, 2012 11:30 am - Nu-metal heroes Saliva, a Tennessee band that emerged as part of the “nu-metal” explosion of the late 1990s, will make a stop in the suburbs this weekend. Like most...
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Long Grove's Strawberry Festival is back this weekendJun 20, 2012 10:00 am - The Strawberry Festival began as a community event 27 years ago with the goal of fun and entertainment, according to Long Grove Village Board member Peg Ball. Nearly th...
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Despite their 'demons,' Aerosmith still rockin'Jun 20, 2012 6:00 am - Aerosmith has flown with turbulence for most of their 40-year career, but as the group's summer tour gets under way — and heads into Chicago for a Friday, June 22, c...
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'Once' star Hansard familiar in solo albumJun 20, 2012 6:00 am - Glen Hansard, “Rhythm and Repose” (Anti-) That Glen Hansard is only now releasing a solo album after two decades feels like something of a technicality. “Rhythm and...
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Fiona Apple spins a yarn on new albumJun 20, 2012 6:00 am - Fiona Apple, “The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do” (Epic Records) After making a n...