Music
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Review: Reese Wynans hosts guitar summit on first solo album
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - Reese Wynans & Friends, "Sweet Release" (J&R Adventures) With a career going back to the 1960s, keyboard player Reese Wynans is probably best known for his time recordin...
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Smokey Robinson remembers Aretha Franklin at tribute concert
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - For Smokey Robinson, the late Aretha Franklin was more than just the Queen of Soul. Robinson told a packed venue that Franklin was his longtime neighb...
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Sound check: Paula Cole, Madeleine Peyroux jazz up North Shore CenterMar 05, 2019 5:00 am - Cole and Peyroux in Skokie Paula Cole busted onto the national scene in 1997 with her Grammy-nominated romantically tragic single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” But ...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsMar 05, 2019 5:00 am - Big-screen bull See a docile bull go on a wild adventure in the 2017 animated film version of "Ferdinand." It's part of the Kids Dream Winter Film Series at select Marcu...
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Tributes to iconic musical stars come to the Genesee Theatre in WaukeganMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - The Genesee Theatre in Waukegan launches a Tribute Series in May to celebrate iconic bands and music stars of yesteryear. The five shows are: • “The Buddy Holly Story” f...
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Celtic music March 17Mar 04, 2019 10:00 pm - On Sunday, March 17, the Elgin Episcopal Celtic Band will be guest musicians during the 10:30 a.m. service at St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church, 36W957 Highland Ave. ...
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DuPage Symphony Orchestra celebrates 'Luck o' the Irish' March 16Mar 04, 2019 10:00 pm - On Saturday, March 16, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra invites you to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Stanford's "Irish Rhapsody No. 1" and Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony,"...
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Dierks Bentley recruits Luke Bryan for Seven Peaks fest
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - After watching a recent documentary about the doomed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, country star Dierks Bentley was appalled at how it all went di...
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Pharrell to launch music festival in Virginia Beach in April
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pharrell is heading home to Virginia Beach to launch a new music and culture festival. The Grammy-winning superstar announced Monday SOMETHING IN THE WAT...
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Dolly-loving Brit Yola explores fusion of country and soul
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When singer-songwriter Yola was growing up in Bristol, England, her mother's vinyl records were just about the only form of amusement the family ...