Music
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Weekend picks: Kansas carries on at Waukegan's GeneseeOct 19, 2019 7:31 am - Costumed canines A Pet Costume Parade & Contest is just one of many family-friendly activities at the Fall Fest on Saturday at Randhurst Village, 1 Randhurst Village Dri...
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Ravinia's leader stepping down after 2020 season
Oct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Welz Kauffman, the Ravinia Festival president and CEO who has helmed the world-renowned music behemoth in Highland Park for nearly two decades, will be stepping down fro...
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Constable: 55 years of respect, love of music the vehicle for Ides of MarchOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - On Oct. 16 of 1964, a quartet of high school boys played their first rock concert in the basement of the American Legion in their hometown of Berwyn. Two years later, Th...
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Review: Mark Lanegan draws on 1980s to back singular vision
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - Mark Lanegan Band, "Somebody's Knocking" (Heavenly Recordings) Can Mark Lanegan lend credibility to the 1980s, that regularly disparaged but nevertheless exciting decade...
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Review: Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman is back with a classic
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - Homeboy Sandman, "Dusty" (Mello Music Group) Fresh off last year's ace collaboration with emcee and beatsmith Edan, Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman hits us back with "Dust...
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Adam Lambert: Happy to see more LGBTQ artists find success
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Adam Lambert, who rose on the music scene as the runner-up on "America Idol" in 2009, says he's happy to see more mainstream LGBTQ artists find major suc...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsOct 18, 2019 6:00 am - Kenny G performs at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Nightmare on Chicago Street returns to Elgin and the Cider & Ale Fest happens at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle thi...
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Concerts: Deep Purple brings the hits to Rosemont TheatreOct 18, 2019 6:00 am - The Bad Examples featuring Ralph Covert: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. (224) 202-0750 or heynonny.com. Georgia Rae Family Ban...
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Chamber Music on the Fox to open season with Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Maestro Andrew GramsOct 17, 2019 11:00 pm - On Monday, Oct. 28, Chamber Music on the Fox opens their sixth season with a program that is intimate yet symphonic in scope. Featuring the music of two composers who c...
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Review: Jim James taps orchestral sound on impressive album
Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am - Jim James, Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra, "The Order of Nature" (Decca Gold) A piccolo and glockenspiel delicately flutter in as the voice of Jim James echoe...