Music
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Weekend Run Club's debut LP 'Zoo' a menagerie of members' truthsJan 31, 2020 5:00 am - There's something to be said for letting an album sit on simmer, giving the musical flavors a chance to blend. The Weekend Run Club's 12-track debut LP “Zoo,” out for st...
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Banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn play the ECC Arts Center Feb. 6Jan 30, 2020 10:00 pm - On Thursday, Feb. 6, acclaimed banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, called "the king and queen of the banjo" by Paste Magazine, will perform on centerstage the ECC...
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Heartland Marimba Quartet to perform an all-American program Feb. 24 in ElginJan 30, 2020 10:00 pm - On Monday, Feb. 24, Chamber Music on the Fox will present the Iowa-based Heartland Marimba Quartet. Performing a program of contemporary American works composed for fou...
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Review: Ben Watt's 'Storm Damage' is a career cornerstone
Jan 30, 2020 6:00 am - Ben Watt, 'œStorm Damage'ť (Unmade Road/Caroline) Ben Watt's 'œStorm Damage'ť surveys the distance, both physical and emotional, and its connection to personal histories...
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Review: It's messy and crazy and deep-Kesha returns roaring
Jan 30, 2020 6:00 am - Kesha, 'œHigh Road'ť (Kemosabe/RCA Records) Kesha's new album starts out on a portentous and soaring note with the singer on the opening song 'œTonight'ť in full Broadwa...
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10 hot tickets: Disturbed in Tinley Park; Roger Waters in ChicagoJan 30, 2020 5:00 am - Justin Hayward, Mike Dawes: 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 20 and 21, at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., Chicago: rock. $68-$85. On sale noon Friday, Jan. 31. (312)...
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By day, he works on buses. Now, he's also a Grammy-winning opera singer.Jan 30, 2020 12:00 am - The surprise of discovering there's a Grammy winner in their midst still hasn't worn off for workers at the Motor Coach Industries Service Center in Des Plaines. Perhaps...
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Neuqua grad gets 'rush of emotion' accompanying Lizzo on Grammy stageJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - "The biggest rush of emotion that I've felt" came Sunday on stage at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for freelance cellist Kelsee Vandervall, a Neuqua Valley High Schoo...
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Riot Fest announces My Chemical Romance, early-bird passesJan 29, 2020 10:30 am - My Chemical Romance is coming to Chicago's Riot Fest, organizers announced Wednesday morning. The New Jersey rock band - most widely known for the platinum hits "Welcom...
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Famed Welsh singer Bryn Terfel breaks ankle in three places
Jan 29, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Bryn Terfel broke an ankle in three places and will have surgery this week, causing him to cancel what would have been his first performances at the Metro...