Music
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‘Your Hit Parade: Global Edition’ concert launches new season of Saturday Night Lights in St. CharlesJan 23, 2025 4:16 pm - Maureen Christine and the Michael Bazan Quartet will kick off the "Saturday Night Lights" concert series on March 1 at the Baker Community Center, performing a program called "Your Hit Parade: Global Edition" featuring popular hits from around the world.
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Questlove film traces 50 years of musical history on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Jan 23, 2025 3:49 pm - The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together. “Ladies and Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music” airs Monday on NBC.
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George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jan 22, 2025 2:46 pm - George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Tony Macaulay make up the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees — an inspiring mix of funk, rock, R&B, country and beyond.
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Warrenville church hosts acclaimed pianist Andrei Liquer for special recitalJan 22, 2025 12:19 pm - Pianist Andrei Liquer, the music director at Community Baptist Church, will perform a free recital on Feb. 2, marking the church's 190th anniversary.
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Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations
Jan 22, 2025 8:58 am - Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations with 10, followed closely by Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Post Malone with nine.
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Best Bets: ‘Sustenance & Land’ exhibit, Lunar New Year, Brooke Shields and moreJan 22, 2025 8:46 am - Elmhurst Art Museum’s new exhibit “Sustenance and Land” opens, Elgin’s Side Street Studio Arts hosts its sixth Winter Mini Fringe, Brooke Shields discusses her memoir at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and more.
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Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
Jan 21, 2025 12:01 pm - Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to rock standards, has died at age 87.
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Concerts Jan. 24-30: Little River Band, Poi Dog Pondering, Meshell Ndegeocello and moreJan 21, 2025 11:14 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Little River Band, Ralph Covert, Poi Dog Pondering, Meshell Ndegeocello and more.
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Things to do Jan. 24-30: Norge Winter Ski Jump Tournament, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks and moreJan 21, 2025 10:39 am - Mark your calendar for the Norge Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire, Marlon Wayans’ “Wild Child Tour” and more happening this week.
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Trevor Noah is tapped to once again host the Grammy Awards
Jan 21, 2025 10:28 am - The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man: Trevor Noah will host the show for the fifth consecutive time, the Grammys announced Tuesday.