Articles filed under Music
-
Weekend picks: Crystal Lake laughs with Louie AndersonJul 29, 2016 5:00 am - Life with Louie Emmy Award-winning comedian Louie Anderson (“Life with Louie,” “Baskets”) performs standup on Friday at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St.,...
-
Mariachi bands at school? West Chicago District 33 starts programJul 29, 2016 1:00 am - It started as a simple idea tossed around for several years by teachers and administrators in West Chicago Elementary District 33: Why not create a mariachi band program...
-
98 degrees brings 'My2K' nostalgia to RosemontJul 28, 2016 11:00 pm - With three out of four members now in their 40s, 98 Degrees hardly qualifies as a "boy band" these days. But Drew and Nick Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre are sti...
-
Unreleased songs part of companion album to Springsteen bookJul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Songs Bruce Springsteen recorded in the 1960s and early '70s will be released in September. Five previously unreleased tracks from The Boss will be relea...
-
Singer Jake Owen focuses on positivity after a tough yearJul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - On a recent hot summer morning in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer Jake Owen steered his boat down a quiet stretch of the Cumberland River an...
-
APNewsBreak: Official Prince tribute concert set for OctoberJul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Prince's family says an official tribute concert honoring the late icon will take place in October in the singer's hometown of Minneapolis. In a statemen...
-
Music Review: Joe Lovano 2005 live set spotlights Hank JonesJul 28, 2016 7:00 am - Joe Lovano Quartet, "Classic! Live At Newport" (Blue Note) With this summer's Newport Jazz Festival about to begin, Joe Lovano has pulled from the vaults his 2005 perfor...
-
Review: Exciting performances from singer Tomi LunsfordJul 28, 2016 7:00 am - Tomi Lunsford, "Come On Blue" (Seedbank) "Come On Blue" includes wah-wah guitar, pedal steel and a saw, and singer Tomi Lunsford mimics them all. Elsewhere her voice sou...
-
Kiwanuka sings about being a 'Black Man in a White World'Jul 27, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British recording artist Michael Kiwanuka has connections in high places. At 24, without a hit record to his name, Kiwanuka was invited to tour with Adele....
-
Family keeps hit songwriter Lori McKenna grounded, inspiredJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singer-songwriter Lori McKenna now has a Grammy trophy sitting on her piano at her home in Massachusetts, thanks to Little Big Town's hit song "G...