Music
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ESO tunes up for tough economic timesMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - To avoid the financial pitfalls experienced by many symphony orchestras throughout the United States, the Elgin Symphony is being proactive during the economic slowdown....
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Pop, country singer Dan Seals dies of cancer
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Dan Seals, who was England Dan in the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley and later had a successful country career, has died of complication...
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Meloy's fancies turn to opera with Decemberists
Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas -- After Colin Meloy and his Oregon band, the Decemberists, completed the first performance of their new 17-song "folk opera," ''The Hazards of Love," Melo...
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Versatile Motown drummer Uriel Jones dies at 74
Mar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Uriel Jones, a drummer whose versatile, passionate beat fueled classic Motown hits by the Temptations, Four Tops and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, has die...
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Get the blues in Long Grove, or red-hot Hot Wheels in Carol StreamMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com Free 'The Tomato Lady' talks Aggie Nehmzow, a tomato expert known as "The Tomato Lady," discusse...
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McBride modernizes her sound on 'Shine'
Mar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The CD cover of Martina McBride's "Shine" shows the country star posing against a modern art canvas, merging with the paint so that it's hard to distinguish between her ...
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McCartney, N.E.R.D. to play Final Four concert
Mar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Rap-rockers N.E.R.D. and pop singer Jesse McCartney will perform at one of the free concerts during Final Four weekend in Detroit. The NCAA and the local orga...
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Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin leaves Smashing Pumpkins
Mar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the Smashing Pumpkins. Chamberlin's departure is posted on the Smashing Pumpkins' Web site. The announcement didn't say why...
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SXSW ends as buzz grows for bands who impressed
Mar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas -- Not long after the last guitar is strummed, the final beer is downed and East 6th Street clears out, the discussion of which acts made a mark at South B...
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Go guide: A reeeeally tiny circus!; folk art showMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! A reeeeally tiny circus! Calling themselves "The world's smallest circus," the two-person team known as Pocket Circus comes to the Round Lake Area Pub...