Music
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Review: Way Down Wanderers bend genres in soaring set
Feb 25, 2019 6:00 am - The Way Down Wanderers, "Illusions" Somewhere on the spectrum between Old Crow Medicine Show and Mumford and Sons lies the spirited bluegrass-based artistry of the Way D...
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Review: Surprising return for Britain's Specials
Feb 25, 2019 6:00 am - The Specials, "Encore" (Island) Given that it's been 20 years since there's been new music from the Specials, who led a ska revival in Britain at the dawn of the 1980s t...
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Best bets this week: Maddie & Tae to play Joe's Live in RosemontFeb 25, 2019 5:00 am - Redemptive rock The Neal Morse Band performs Christian rock tunes at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $29-$69. (630) 962-7000 or arcadalive.com. 7:30 p....
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Top Celtic musicians to perform at St. Patrick's Day service at Christ Church Downers GroveFeb 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Bagpipes aside, on St. Patrick's Day it may be normal to hear live musicians playing a fiddle, banjo or beating a bodhran. But hearing all of these instruments performin...
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Weekend picks: Browse Bauhaus at the Elmhurst Art MuseumFeb 24, 2019 6:00 am - Design movement Learn about the influential German art and design movement that was banned by the Nazis in the new exhibit “The Whole World a Bauhaus” starting Satu...
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Album review: Fiancee helps Hayes Carll deliver his prettiest workFeb 23, 2019 6:24 am - Hayes Carll, "What It Is" (Dualtone) Dysfunctional relationships abound on Hayes Carll's new album, from the one-on-one wounds described in the opener "N...
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Brooks & Dunn rework their hits with country's next generationFeb 23, 2019 6:00 am - Country superstar duo Brooks & Dunn got back in the studio together for the first time in about a decade to rework their classic songs with the next generation of countr...
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Weekend picks: Genesee hosts CLC's 35th Salute to GospelFeb 23, 2019 6:00 am - Singing praises JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise and singer Anita Wilson are the featured stars of College of Lake County's 35th Salute to Gospel on Saturday at the Ge...
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Concerts: Angela Ingersoll, Bob Mould, the Gin Blossoms and moreFeb 22, 2019 5:00 am - Shawn Rieke, Stolen Enterprise, Alex Wolfe: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Wire, 6815 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. $10-$12. (708) 669-9473 or wireismusic.com. Gin Blossoms ...
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R. Kelly turns himself into Chicago police
Feb 22, 2019 12:00 am - R. Kelly, the R&B star who has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves, was charged Friday with...