Music
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Keeping it real: All-natural soul rockMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's no secret these days that words like "organic" and "natural" fit nicely into our green-minded society, which prefers to reject such un-hip things as "synthetic" and...
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Touring the main priority of local pop bandMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I want to be friends with Nick Vombrack. Not just because the Crystal Lake-based drummer tends to tell writers that his band, Dr. Manhattan, met and formed on a pirate s...
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Christian music's Chapman loses daughter, 5, in accident
May 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle drive...
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On your Marx: He brings a diversity to his musicMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Mention the name Richard Marx and many people will recall his No. 1 radio hits. But to leave the connection at that would be unfair. Marx, a native of Highland Park perf...
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Usher's a daddy now
May 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For more than a decade, Usher's music has been the soundtrack to a player's lifestyle. From singing about casual sex when he was just 15 to detailing the dev...
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Revenge of the rock reunion tour
May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Your favorite '90s band broke up? Fear not, they'll be back. Seventies and '80s bands, too. And if not this year, maybe next. This summer's concert calend...
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Boy band creator sentenced to 25 years in prison
May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lou Pearlman, the man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long ...
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3 Doors Down energetic, somewhat cliche on CD
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Fist-pumping arena rock is a favorite target for critics, who remain somewhat baffled as to why these bands continue to fill major venues and play upward of 300 shows a ...
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Scarlett Johansson should keep her day job
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Memo to lovely, young actresses: Just because you're a performer who looks beautiful on camera does not mean you can sing. Do not be fooled into releasing a record. Seri...
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Muti deal shows it's never wise to settleMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - If there is a lesson to be learned from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's just-completed music director search, it's to never settle for less than the best. That's how th...