Articles filed under Music
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Wealth of riches fuels rock band New PornographersSep 22, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Soft-spoken A.C. Newman doesn't seem like a braggart. Yet he feels so strongly that his rock band, the New Pornographers, has just made its best work that a s...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra might build summer home in NapervilleSep 22, 2014 1:00 am - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is considering a privately owned site in Naperville as a location for a permanent outdoor concert venue. But DuPage County Board Chairman ...
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Jennifer Hudson lacks personal style on 3rd albumSep 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Jennifer Hudson, "JHUD" (RCA) Jennifer Hudson's new album, "JHUD," would fly off the shelves if every copy included a tiny stage, complete with miniature Jennifer Hudson...
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Sugar Grove teen's advocacy gives her directionSep 21, 2014 7:30 am - In 2013, Sarah Feltes was like a lot of teenage girls: She LOVED the band One Direction. Besides listening to the music, watching videos and trying to get her mother to ...
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Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LPSep 21, 2014 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Robert Plant has been a lifelong rambler with almost no interest in returning home to Great Britain. These days, though, he's as snug as a hobbit in h...
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Sunday picks: Soprano Karen Slack takes on 'Tosca'Sep 20, 2014 6:00 am - Diva in distress Soprano Karen Slack, soon to star in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's upcoming production of “Porgy and Bess,” takes on the title role of Puccini's mel...
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Weekend picks: Prepare to swoon as Marc Anthony croonsSep 20, 2014 6:00 am - Salsa time Grammy Award-winning singer and actor Marc Anthony brings his “Cambio de Piel” tour Saturday to the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $59-...
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Suburban marching bands face off at Wheeling High SchoolSep 20, 2014 1:01 am - Jacobs High School's marching band took the field first Saturday at Wheeling High School's Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, and it signaled the start of the unexpecte...
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Groundbreaking 'David Bowie Is' exhibit at Chicago's MCA shows him as consummate artistSep 19, 2014 5:45 am - The biggest tour, maybe not in the rock world, but certainly in the world of museum exhibits, touches down in Chicago next week for an extended stay. And it brings the e...
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How tapes of Jim Croce's 1973 Harper College concert got on CDSep 19, 2014 5:00 am - A reel-to-reel tape of Jim Croce's 1973 concert at Harper College in Palatine, stashed away in a suburban home for decades, recently resurfaced and is now part of a new ...