Music
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Best Bets: Andrew Grams bids farewell to ESOAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - Great Grams Maestro Andrew Grams concludes his tenure as Elgin Symphony Orchestra music director with the concert "From Darkness to Light." The orchestra performs Beetho...
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Album review: Dee Snider moves way beyond Twisted Sister on heaviest disc
Aug 03, 2021 6:00 am - • Dee Snider “Leave A Scar” (Napalm) This is not a Twisted Sister album, not by any measure. The latest solo album from the band's frontman Dee Snider is harder, heavier...
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Album review: Jack Antonoff's Bleachers album leans on The Boss
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Suburban songwriter Larry Anthony balances stories, feelings on his new EPAug 02, 2021 6:30 am - Through his new 5-song EP “How Far We've Come,” out Thursday, south suburban songwriter Larry Anthony is interested in starting a conversation. Partially about himself, ...
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Wild Gravity injects a little optimism into our recovery with debut single, video 'Comatose'Aug 02, 2021 6:00 am - Ken Ugel and Phil O'Reilly are trying to introduce a little optimism into our processing of the last year with the debut of a new band, Wild Gravity, and the new single ...
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McHenry County Fair rolls into town with tractor pulls, livestock, '70s rockers Kansas
Aug 02, 2021 1:00 am - The McHenry County Fair will return to Woodstock for its 73rd year beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3, and running through Sunday, Aug. 8. This year's fair includes several diffe...
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Wheaton Municipal Band wraps up summer season with a 'Friedmann Fanfare' Aug. 5Aug 01, 2021 11:00 pm - The final downbeat of the Wheaton Municipal Band's 2021 season takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, in the Memorial Park bandshell in downtown Wheaton. This conc...
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More than 30 venues featured on Aurora's First Friday Aug. 6Aug 01, 2021 11:00 pm - First Fridays in downtown Aurora will feature more than 30 venues open with art, music, and more on Aug. 6. Yetee Station will open their new arcade space at 11 N. Broa...
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Jeff Mills goes solo with 'The No Apologies Tour' singleAug 01, 2021 7:00 am - Jeff Mills, one of the pair of voices behind Violet Crime's distinct, soul-steeped, indie-pop sound, has gone rogue. With a trio of solo songs planned for release this ...
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Leon Bridges shares his evolution to 'Gold-Diggers Sound'