Music
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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...
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Choral society presents ‘Psalms and Songs’Mar 29, 2012 8:05 am - The Northwest Choral Society, under the direction of artistic director Alan Wellman, will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Trinity United M...
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Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88Mar 29, 2012 7:11 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Les...
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Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88Mar 28, 2012 8:39 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Les...
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Bee Gees star Robin Gibb hospitalizedMar 28, 2012 12:16 pm - LONDON — A publicist for Robin Gibb says the Bee Gees star has undergone further surgery following a bout of ill health. Doug Wright said Wednesday Gibb is recovering in...
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Lady Antebellum sets show for tornado-hit schoolMar 28, 2012 12:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The country music trio Lady Antebellum will put on a benefit concert for a tornado-wrecked southern Indiana town after holding a prom event for the tow...
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Lionel Ritchie feels right at home in NashvilleMar 26, 2012 2:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kenny Chesney was so excited about the idea of working with Lionel Richie that he drunk-dialed the pop legend to suggest a song. Darius Rucker tossed ...
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Aretha Franklin celebrates 70th, talks new musicMar 25, 2012 8:55 am - NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She’s reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album. In an inter...