Articles filed under Music
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Todd Snider finds humor in tough timesJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Many of the characters Todd Snider sings about in "The Excitement Plan" are coping with tough times. That includes the tree that becomes a newspaper and doesn't even get...
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Late blues great Koko Taylor gets musical sendoffJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The late legendary blues singer Koko Taylor is set to receive a musical tribute fit for a queen. Denise Williams, Otis Clay and other musicians in town for this weekend'...
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ESO reduces weekend's ticket pricesJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has announced that all seats for this weekend's final Classics Series concerts of the 2008-09 season will be $25. The reduced-price tickets ...
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra wraps up 2008-09 seasonJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ESO ends with Grieg The Elgin Symphony Orchestra plays its last concert of the 2008-2009 season this weekend when Terrence Wilson joins the ESO for Grieg's "Piano Concer...
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Singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin dead of lung cancerJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he pi...
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Black Eyed Peas bring summer fun with 'E.N.D.'Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Black Eyed Peas want you to dance, and "Boom Boom Pow" is just the beginning. The smash single sets the tone for the dance-party vibe on the quartet's first new albu...
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Country artists take the show on the road to build base abroadJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the c...
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Wayne Newton talks about music, mustaches and coming to St. CharlesJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - He lost the mustache a while back, but not his enthusiasm for entertaining. At 64, Wayne Newton has done just about everything there is to do in show business - from pe...
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Cheap fun: Pop/rock in Palatine, famous cars of film and TVJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - $10 and under These 'Candles' can rock The pop/rock group Sixteen Candles headlines at Durty Nellie's. 10 p.m. Friday, June 12, Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., Palatin...
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Musical "Camelot" opens season for RaviniaJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Ravinia Festival opened its season Friday night in Highland Park with the musical "Camelot." Tony winner George Hearn and two-time Grammy winner Sylvia McNair led the en...