Music
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Crowded fieldDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Closing out 2007 by surveying the year's best music became a pleasurable chore. Unlike previous years, this one had an abundance of contenders, both newcomers and longti...
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These 10 releases of 2007 offer a measure of distinctionDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The ongoing changes in the recording industry have really influenced the classical field this year, with organizations and individual musicians marketing performances on...
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Jon Brion steps in and out of the studioDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Jon Brion wears multiple hats -- producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, film composer -- but the one that connects them all is the most simple: M...
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Daphne Willis looking to stand on its ownDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - It doesn't seem fair to write off Daphne Willis as a female Jack Johnson, even if that's what mainstream-radio comparisons might push us to do. For one, I'm pretty sure ...
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Concert picksDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - R. Kelly, 7:30 p.m. today at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago. $45/$100. (312) 559-1212. On the heels of a Grammy nomination and still -- after five y...
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Auditions, etc.Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - • Bollingbrook's Theatre-on-the-Hill holds auditions for "Escanaba in Love," Jeff Daniels' comedy sequel to "Escanaba in da Moonlight" about people living in Michigan's ...
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Four classical music greats left us in 2007Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Our annual retrospective of the major figures in classical music who left us during the year is especially significant for 2007 with the list including the deaths of fou...
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Lyric Opera offers captivating new theater with 'Doctor Atomic'Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The John Adams-Peter Sellars team has created another captivating night in the theater with "Doctor Atomic," which opened Friday night at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Commiss...
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Happy birthday, Thrill Jockey!Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The single absolute for Chicago's Thrill Jockey Records is that there is no absolute. The record label turns 15 this year, and while retrospectives are inevitable -- the...
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City and suburban event highlightsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Klezmer nation So what if Hanukkah is over? There's still time to celebrate Jewish culture at the Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Arts. "Lollapajewza IV" featur...