Music
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Usher talks commitment on 'Here I Stand,' but still works sex appeal
May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - In the four years since his last album -- the 9 million-selling, Grammy-winning "Confessions" -- Usher has apparently undergone a personal and musical maturation. On the...
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John Hiatt's new CD among his best
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Al Green plays it safe on new CD
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Paul's a knight and now he's a doctor
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Elgin Symphony releases its first recordingMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Already the fastest-growing regional orchestra in the United States, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra will make a quantum leap Tuesday with the release of its first commerci...
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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
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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