Articles filed under Music
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Hannah Thornton's essay: Pursuing a Century of HopeNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Editor's note: This is the essay that was key to Hannah Thornton winning a $10,000 Bob Hope Band Scholarship. For every era that humans walk planet earth, the social and...
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College of Lake County students will perform 4 concerts in DecemberNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - More than 200 music department students at the College of Lake County will present four December concerts, three with holiday themes. The instrumental and choral concert...
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Kanye West cancels remaining dates on Saint Pablo TourNov 21, 2016 6:00 am - Kanye West has abruptly pulled the plug on his Saint Pablo Tour a few days after making statements onstage about how he "would have voted for Donald Trump" and after a s...
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Strong, sometimes foul political language marks the AMAsNov 21, 2016 6:00 am - Coming on the heels of a divisive political election, the American Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles became a platform for strong, and sometimes foul, politica...
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Get in the holiday mood with Garth Brooks, R. Kelly and moreNov 21, 2016 6:00 am - Just after you throw away your Halloween costume and start marinating your signature dishes for Thanksgiving, you'll usually do one more thing: pull out that dusty Chris...
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Drake, Bieber win big, Selena Gomez gets emotional at AMAsNov 21, 2016 6:00 am - The 2016 American Music Awards featured a number of pop stars strumming their guitars, Drake making a rare awards show appearance, an emotional speech from Selena Gomez ...
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WGN legends Steve King, Johnnie Putman discuss jazz great Les Paul Dec. 3Nov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - Steve King and Johnnie Putman will discuss their book, "A Little More Les," at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. in Elgin. The b...
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Learn about 'Mussels, Moonshine, Music' Nov. 27Nov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - In a time almost forgotten, the Midwest and upper South were home to thousands of Americans who lived and worked along or on rivers as sharecroppers, fishermen, mussel-s...
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Fox Valley Men of Harmony to host annual Christmas concertNov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - The Fox Valley Men of Harmony barbershop chorus will present its annual Christmas concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 932 S. McHenry...
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Sunday picks: 'Rebel' Vikki Carr headlines St. Charles' ArcadaNov 20, 2016 6:19 am - 'Rebel' singer Four-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner Vikki Carr became a household name with the 1960s single "He's a Rebel," but she has gone on to record othe...