Brian Shamie
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Music notes: Miles, Prowlers headline roots rock fest at Mackey'sJan 26, 2016 5:00 am - Rocking Winter Roots Midwestival Productions presents some of the best Americana and roots rock music from around the suburbs and Chicago for the two-night Winter Ro...
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Music notes: Black Sabbath taking a bow at the United CenterJan 19, 2016 10:00 am - YouTube After nearly five decades making music, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler are writing the final chapter of the Black Sabbath story as they embark on th...
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Music notes: In case you haven't heard, Showoff is back!Jan 12, 2016 4:45 am - The return of pop punk Pop-punk band Showoff has come a long way from its Villa Park inception back in the late '90s. With a record deal and a debut single hitting No. 3...
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Music notes: Catch Werewolves, Draft Week at HOBJan 05, 2016 12:00 am - Werewolves of Chicago Chicago-based Werewolves at Hour 30 have cultivated a catalog that is, at once, true to modern rock (such as the infinitely catchy “Knocked Up”) wh...
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Music notes: Naperville's Co-Stanza hits House of BluesDec 29, 2015 10:15 am - Co-Stanza hits HOB Co-Stanza (otherwise known as Naperville's Jack Costanza) has been writing about young life in the suburbs since 2012, but in 2014 he decided it w...
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Music notes: Catch Family Groove at Durty Nellie'sDec 22, 2015 4:00 am - Groove, Funk and Miles When Highland Park-bred Jordan Wilkow and Adam Lewis went off to school in L.A., they teamed up with Janis Wallin and Pete Koopmans and brought ba...
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Music notes: Bret Michaels, Veilside, Jimi Falls head H.O.M.E.Dec 15, 2015 5:00 am - True Bret Former Poison frontman Bret Michaels released a new album, "True Grit," in April of this year, and he put together a hard-rocking tour to show it off. His stop...
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Intriguing sound, energetic shows propel CELLRS' riseDec 08, 2015 5:00 am - When you have music in your veins, there's nothing you can do but pursue that passion. A lifetime of musical training brought Weston Reynolds of CELLRS to that realizati...
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Music notes: Mason Rivers gets your toes tappingDec 08, 2015 4:00 am - Country vibe at BaseCamp If you're feeling the need for a little country music, head to Lisle this weekend. The Naperville band Mason Rivers has been putting out energet...
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Music notes: Award-winning Richard Marx plays GeneseeDec 01, 2015 4:00 am - Crooner Marx at Genesee Richard Marx, hailing from suburban Highland Park, has an impressive body of work behind him - eleven albums, three No. 1 singles and seven i...