Articles filed under Music
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SXSW ends as buzz grows for bands who impressedMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas -- Not long after the last guitar is strummed, the final beer is downed and East 6th Street clears out, the discussion of which acts made a mark at South B...
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Go guide: A reeeeally tiny circus!; folk art showMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! A reeeeally tiny circus! Calling themselves "The world's smallest circus," the two-person team known as Pocket Circus comes to the Round Lake Area Pub...
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South By Kanye West? Rapper plays SXSWMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas -- For a night, it was South By Kanye West. The rapper performed twice Saturday at the annual South By Southwest music conference and festival, dominating ...
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Placido Domingo puts musical spin on pope's poemsMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - When Placido Domingo and his son, Placido Domingo Jr., set about to put the poems of the late Pope John Paul II to music, they discovered several religious passages, alr...
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The-Dream shows he's got what it takes to make great musicMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The-Dream's got power. He helped Beyoncé and all those single ladies get a ring on it, persuaded Mariah Carey to let people touch her body and gave Rihanna an umbrella w...
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Roger McGuinn mixes Byrds hits with the folk traditionMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - About 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Roger McGuinn will sit down for a late lunch in the Elgin area, or perhaps somewhere between there and Chicago, and start drawing on ...
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Ledger-directed music video set for releaseMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A Modest Mouse music video directed by the late Heath Ledger is set for release this year. A spokeswoman for the band says Ledger directed an animated vid...
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Anne Brown, Gershwin's original Bess, dies at 96Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - OSLO -- Anne Wiggins Brown, the African-American soprano who starred as the original Bess in George Gershwin's landmark folk opera "Porgy and Bess" but saw her career li...
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Optimism abounds at SXSW despite economyMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For the nearly 2,000 acts performing at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week, the odds of success would seem insurmountable. The music industry is ...
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Reba stops at Sears CentreMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that her TV show is long gone, Reba McEntire can get back to music, where she's always struck a remarkably relaxed and unaffected stance as a charming country chante...