Articles filed under Music
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Taylor Swift to receive CMA’s Pinnacle AwardNov 04, 2013 6:19 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Country Music Association Awards aren’t until Wednesday, but Taylor Swift’s already a winner. The CMA will present Swift with its Pinnacle Award, ...
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Eminem, Swift top weird YouTube Music AwardsNov 04, 2013 6:03 am - Crying babies, Win Butler’s Kanye moment, a faked double suicide, face painting, a makeup-free Lady Gaga in plaid and a trucker’s cap. There were all kinds of unexpected...
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Sunday picks: John Lithgow tells 'Stories' in SkokieNov 03, 2013 5:00 am - Tiny soldiers Twenty vendors of toy soldiers will exhibit and sell both collectible antique and classic plastic-molded soldiers and artillery when Cantigny hosts it...
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Father and son Akins, Rhett rule country chartsNov 02, 2013 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rhett Akins has helped pen numerous country music hits over the last two decades, but he’s jealous of his 23-year-old son Thomas Rhett’s natural ease ...
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Weekend picks: George Lopez brings his stand-up to WaukeganNov 02, 2013 6:00 am - Saturday Holiday shopping Get a head start on the holidays and shop for homemade holiday crafts and gifts at the Christmas Bazaar at St. James Parish, 820 N. A...
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Moving Picture: Bartlett guitarist also art therapistNov 01, 2013 10:00 am - Music fuses all parts of Wesley Kochan’s life together. Whether preforming jazz-fusion music as Wes Lee “K” under the spotlight at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago, light r...
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TooSmooth's hip-hop career began in the suburbsNov 01, 2013 6:00 am - Hip-hop/rap artist TooSmooth grew up in a rough neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, where he hid his passion for music. Even though he was from a musical family — his ...
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AP: Dylan’s Newport guitar to be auctioned in NYCOct 31, 2013 11:08 am - NEW YORK — The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that a young Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he famously went electric, perhaps the most historic ins...
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Kenny Rogers brings Christmas tour to NapervilleOct 31, 2013 10:36 am - Grammy Award-winning recording star Kenny Rogers, recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, heads to the suburbs next month with his “Christmas & Hits Throu...
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Yoko Ono: ‘Thankful’ for McCartney’s commentsOct 31, 2013 9:49 am - NEW YORK — Yoko Ono says she’s thankful Paul McCartney appears to have gotten over his grudge against her. McCartney, in a recent Rolling Stone interview, said he’s gett...