Articles filed under Music
-
Newer, budding music acts sell out top venuesNov 12, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — In just two years, English singer Ed Sheeran has gone from the small stage to the big league. The 22-year-old earned a gold album with his 2011 debut, “+,” an...
-
Lady Gaga's 'Artpop' suffers as art and popNov 12, 2013 5:00 am - Lady Gaga, “ArtPop” (Interscope) The mission of some art, particularly the modern kind, is to provoke — to present outlandish concepts, explore untraditional ideas,...
-
Kellie Pickler continues evolution on latest LPNov 11, 2013 3:05 pm - Kellie Pickler, “The Woman I Am” (Black River Entertainment) Kellie Pickler, on her new album “The Woman I Am,” merges the tradition-minded sound of her previous album w...
-
Christian pop music star TobyMac talks early inspirations, rising profileNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - Where does the career of a Christian pop star begin? Toby McKeehan — the Virginia native who sings, raps and changes lives as TobyMac — mulls it over as he noshes on a b...
-
Former NBC news chief now a Yes manNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — For eight years as NBC News president, Steve Capus worried about Brian Williams, the “Today” show and rapid changes in the news industry. Now he’s taking time...
-
Sunday picks: Chazz Palminteri brings 'Bronx' to the ArcadaNov 10, 2013 5:00 am - Weekend swing Grab a dance partner to jive and jitterbug at Let's Dance “November Splendor” featuring John Smith and Shananigans Big Band on Saturday and the Johnni...
-
Million Dollar Quartet plays in LombardNov 09, 2013 2:10 pm - Elaine Berquist of Lombard saw Elvis Presley in concert in Maryland sometime in the 1960s. The Elvis she saw on Saturday at Yorktown Center in Lombard wasn’t the same, o...
-
Weekend picks: Carl Sandburg, 'Nutcracker'Nov 09, 2013 5:00 am - SATURDAY Celebrating Greek culture Dig in to a variety of Greek fare while you browse for holiday crafts at the Greek Food Fest and Holiday Craft Bazaar at St....
-
Alanis Morissette aims for Broadway with musicalNov 08, 2013 12:27 pm - NEW YORK — If Alanis Morissette gets her wish, Broadway will swallow a jagged little pill. The singer-songwriter said Friday she hopes to adapt her 1995 breakthrough alb...
-
Music notes: Get LBC quick fixNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - A new old sound The Deadstring Brothers, based in Nashville by way of Detroit, is a band that specializes in putting a new spin on classic rock 'n' roll sounds. Fro...