Music
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Taylor Swift just gets better on CD
Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - When an unknown teenage artist and an upstart label both come from nowhere to sell well over 3 million albums, the question is: What do you do next? With Taylor Swift's ...
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Seal has 'Soul' with new covers CD
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Deborah Cox promises little with CD
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Lyric's 'Lulu' not happy but moving nonethelessNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - When Lyric Opera of Chicago first presented "Lulu" in the 1987-88 season with Catherine Malfitano in the title role, the opera created a sensation. Rarely had the Lyric'...
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Wayne to host string quartetNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Northern Illinois University's Avalon String Quartet is scheduled to perform Sunday, Nov. 16, in the village of Wayne to raise money for local historic preservation effo...
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Jimi Falls tackles emotions, airwavesNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Brandon James, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for local modern rockers Jimi Falls, calls songwriting a release. "When I play or write my own music, it's therapeutic," rel...
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EYSO set for first concerts of 'Americans We' seasonNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra has a wide-ranging program set for the first two concerts of its 33rd season on Nov. 9, presented under the title "Sinfónica." This fo...
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Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black dies
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Holding Mercury's slick, safe 'Empire' strikes outNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Holding Mercury, "Downfall of an Empire" (Bad Nero) With the intent of merging '80s pop with contemporary rock, local rockers Holding Mercury came up with something some...
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Portugal, Earl Greyhound to play House CafeNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Founded in Wasilla, Alaska, indie/prog favorites Portugal. The Man may yet reclaim the city's dignity. With album number three, the colorful and passionate "Censored Col...