Articles filed under Music
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New book shows Chicago, suburban history filled with more than a little bit countryJul 03, 2023 10:00 am - Bob Atcher was a Kentucky-born, fiddle-playing cowboy who released a string of records in the 1940s that landed on the “Hillbilly” charts. He was also the mayor of Schau...
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New to streaming this week: Taylor Swift, animated 'Superman,' 'Biosphere' and 'Wham!'Jul 03, 2023 6:00 am - Taylor Swift's rerecording of her "Speak Now" and survivalist Bear Grylls taking Bradley Cooper and Rita Ora into the wild are among the new television, movies, music an...
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Images: OK Cool, Pinksqueeze play Harper College summer concertJul 02, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago indie rock band OK Cool and bubblegum punk rockers Pinksqueeze took to Harper College for a summer concert series show Thursday, June 29, hosted by Harper Colleg...
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Music review: Lucinda Williams at 70 is still finding her muse, still making music that mattersJul 01, 2023 6:00 am - "Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart" by Lucinda Williams (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers) At least twice on her new album, Lucinda Williams worries about whether sh...
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Legendary Chicago Top 40 disc jockey Dick Biondi dead at 90, station announcesJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - Dick Biondi, who cheerfully entertained Top 40 radio station listeners in Chicago over six decades, died June 26 at his Chicago home, WLS 890-AM announced Saturday. He w...
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Batavia's Windmill City Festival returns with fun favoritesJun 29, 2023 11:00 pm - Windmill City Festival, Batavia's largest summer event, returns this week with carnival fun on Houston Street, along with tasty food and beverages, live musical entertai...
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Premiere: Violet Crime's new 'EOD' a pensive, soulful look at growing upJun 29, 2023 6:00 am - Violet Crime is looking for the answers to life, and they need them by the end of the day, thanks. With the new song and video for “EOD,” premiering exclusively tod...
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Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine to headline last night of Schaumburg's SeptemberfestJun 29, 2023 1:00 am - Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine and his Endless Summer Band will headline the main stage on the final day of Schaumburg's Septemberfest. Opening for Jardine on Mon...
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Sound check: OK Cool, Pinksqueeze at Harper; plus Santana, Shania Twain and moreJun 28, 2023 6:00 am - Indie at Harper Harper Radio's The Local Music Show and the college Music Department collaborate to bring the city's indie scene to the suburbs as part of Harper's summe...
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Madonna postpones tour due to illness; included shows at United Center Aug. 9-10Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Madonna has postponed her career-spanning Celebration tour due to what her manager called a "serious bacterial infection." Manager Guy Oseary wrote on Inst...