Music
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Album review: Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams form unique trioDec 14, 2020 5:00 am - Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, “Plastic Bouquet” (New West) Second cousins Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum emerged from rural Saskatchewan in the past decade as...
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Ravinia Festival mourns loss of longtime producerDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - Longtime Ravinia Festival employee Stephen R. Smoot, who produced hundreds of concerts at the Highland Park venue over the last 15 years - including Martin Theatre recit...
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Revival of a band's relevant 'Requiem'
Dec 13, 2020 6:15 am - Since the fight for racial justice doesn't have a formal expiration date, protest songs born in the heat of the moment need to feel durable, too. Coup Sauvage and the Sn...
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Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concertDec 12, 2020 6:30 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Musician and actor Kevin Bacon is bringing live music back to venues that have been shuttered this year with an all-star concert TV special. Bacon is ...
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Like mother and father, Blue Ivy Carter now a Grammy nominee
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Blue Ivy Carter is an official Grammy nominee. When the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2021 Grammys last month, Beyoncé scored a nomin...
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Music Review: Chris Cornell shines on an album of covers
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The Giving Moon hones new maturity with fresh full-length album 'Bloom'Dec 11, 2020 5:00 am - West suburban alternative rock band The Giving Moon crashed from filling venues to a year without stage time. Building off its buzz as one of the four Chicago-area fina...
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Winter Wonderfest opens at Barrington High SchoolDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Winter Wonderfest opened Friday night with vehicles following a course around Barrington High School. About 250 students and 100 staff members took part in the productio...
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Prospect Heights native, Wheeling High grad lived 'American dream' in music industryDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Ryan Brady couldn't get enough of music during his years at Wheeling High School. He performed in the marching band, jazz band and orchestra all four years, before gradu...
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Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concert