Music
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Images: Academy of Country Music AwardsApr 01, 2012 8:00 pm - ...
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Mezzo says opera tough businessApr 01, 2012 6:42 am - VIENNA — Vesselina Kasarova’s repertoire ranges from Donizetti to Wagner. Critics rave over her voice and her character depictions are the gold standard for young singer...
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Country's new stars ready to shine at ACM AwardsApr 01, 2012 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. Young male country music stars are as rare as pink pickups these days. While young female stars have been rising with some regularity in country music,...
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Go on a musical journey with Buffalo Grove singersMar 31, 2012 9:08 am - Join the Buffalo Grove Park District’s BG Singers on a musical journey to places near and far as they perform their 19th annual show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, and...
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Sony offers EU concessions in EMI Music dealMar 31, 2012 5:57 am - Associated Press BRUSSELS — A group of investors led by Sony has offered concessions to the European Union to get approval for its deal to buy part of iconic British mus...
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Madonna still brings heat, beats on ‘MDNA’Mar 30, 2012 6:59 am - Madonna, “MDNA” (Interscope Records/Live Nation) Madonna says it best on the opening track of her twelfth album: “No one can put out my fire.” At 53, she’s still got it ...
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Esperanza invites pop into her realmMar 30, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — If you didn’t know much about Esperanza Spalding — and many people didn’t before her surprise Grammy win last year — you might be inclined to think that her l...
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Live music competition intensifies at more suburban clubsMar 30, 2012 6:00 am - When Viper Alley opened in Lincolnshire last year, Director of Entertainment Paul Panicali was given a tough job: "Fill the calendar" with popular music acts. Even thou...
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Rock meets funk? It's Kool, Van Halen opener saysMar 30, 2012 6:00 am - Even Robert "Kool" Bell was "caught by surprise" when the hard-rocking Van Halen asked his veteran funk ensemble, Kool & the Gang, to team up for a 52-city tour. Then ...
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Music notesMar 30, 2012 5:30 am - Worth a ride Chicago band AM Taxi, which includes members from the suburbs, cooks up a nice, punk-flavored brand of rock that draws inspiration from the energy and attit...