Music
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ESO connects with rousing all-Russian programOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - This weekend's second Classic Series concert of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 2008-09 season has been chosen with his usual care by music director Robert Hanson. It's a...
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Mindy McCready released from jail
Oct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - FRANKLIN, Tennessee _ Country singer Mindy McCready has been released from jail after serving about 30 days for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge. The Williamso...
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AC/DC drives 'Rock N' Roll Train' into RosemontOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite its volume, AC/DC's sold-out concert at Rosemont's Allstate Arena on Thursday, Oct. 30, was a soothing spectacle. The Australian hard rock quintet's first area s...
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Neil Young cancels concert in LAOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES _ Neil Young decided he wouldn't be "Rockin' in the Free World" at The Forum in Los Angeles on Thursday night. He canceled his concert rather than cross a p...
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Digging into madness with The GravetonesOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Ever since Screamin' Jay Hawkins burst out of his coffin to howl "I Put a Spell on You," horror and rock have gone hand-in-claw. At the very dawn of rock 'n' roll - of y...
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ACM names Strait artist of the decade
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- George Strait will receive the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade award in recognition of his nearly 25-year career. Only four other act...
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Chicago-based Rabid Rabbit finds balance between art, mayhemOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Rabid Rabbit, "Rabid Rabbit" (Interloper), By a strange set of circumstances, the spacy, heavy strains of experimental doom have edged their way into tastemakers' i...
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Led Zeppelin may tour without Plant
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Led Zeppelin may reunite without their lead singer Robert Plant, according to a BBC report. The group's bassist John Paul Jones said he and his fellow band mem...
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Tireless Mauceri makes sure to save time for fundamentalsOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - One word to describe John Mauceri, conducting this fall's production of "The Pearl Fishers" at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is "indefatigable." Mauceri is not only a world-cl...
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Booker T. and the MGs join Musicians Hall of Fame
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Guitarist Duane Eddy picked his rumbling "Peter Gunn" instrumental and Rolling Stone Keith Richards jammed with The Crickets on "Not Fade Away" as a h...