Music
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Lauren Alaina packs a punch on debut CDOct 14, 2011 6:00 am - Lauren Alaina, "Wildflower" (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope) Lauren Alaina, this year's "American Idol" runner-up, opens her debut album with a country-rock stomper, "...
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Area men develop website to sample indie bandsOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - In an economy where most recent college graduates are satisfied, even thrilled, to be employed, lifelong friends Dan Arwady and Jim Skuros kept thinking about the next b...
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Keith Urban reaches out to fans on 'Get Closer' tourOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - Country music superstar Keith Urban has spent much of the summer and fall "getting closer" to crowds in arenas across North America. And he'll do it again in Rosemont F...
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A big night of music at RMHSOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - Student musical talent will be on display at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Rolling Meadows High School field house as the Music Department presents its Fall Concert. Th...
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Music notes: Beach Boys surf into NapervilleOct 12, 2011 11:00 pm - Still surfin' The Beach Boys bring their classic American rock 'n' roll to Naperville's North Central College this weekend. The current lineup includes two members ...
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Lyric's musically impeccable 'Lucia' a dramatic letdownOct 12, 2011 10:00 am - Expectations ran high for the Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Donizetti's 1835 tragedy “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Not only did the production serve as famed sopra...
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Best bets: Marching band spectacular a 'Blast!'Oct 12, 2011 6:00 am - Breakout band The Tony Award-winning marching band stage spectacular "Blast!" returns to the area with, you guessed it, plenty of fanfare on Saturday at the Paramount T...
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Taylor Swift named Woman of the YearOct 11, 2011 11:00 am - NEW YORK — It’s another honor for Taylor Swift. The country music superstar has been crowned “Woman of the Year” by Billboard magazine. The 21-year-old multiplatinum sin...
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Elgin piano teacher expands businessOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Virginia Smith said she starting playing piano as soon as she could crawl up onto the piano bench. That was more than 35 years ago. For the last 17 years or so, she has...
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New EGHS ensemble does gospel, world musicOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Elk Grove High School’s choral department has inaugurated a new ensemble this year called, “The Grenadier Voices.” According to choral director Sarah Catt, “The Grenadi...