Articles filed under Music
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Weekend picks: Wonderland Express chugs into Chicago BotanicNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Christmas trains Families can delight in the return of the Chicago Botanic Garden's Wonderland Express. Miniature trains loop around models of Chicago-area landmarks sta...
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Local musician's video part of Harper's #GivingTuesday campaignNov 23, 2017 10:00 pm - Local singer-songwriter Kevin Prchal is channeling his artistry into a worthy cause this holiday season. Prchal, who when not performing on the Chicago-area music scene ...
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Sam Smith tries to balance writing personal songs, keeping his private life privateNov 23, 2017 5:00 am - Sam Smith thought he had cracked it — it being “fame.” He released the first single from his new album, the groovy burner “Too Good at Goodbyes,” and didn't put his face...
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Review: Engelbert Humperdinck defies time, age on new albumNov 22, 2017 6:00 am - Engelbert Humperdinck, "The Man I Want to Be" (OK! Good Records) There's hardly a false note on Engelbert Humperdinck's "The Man I Want to Be." No rapping, no clumsy evi...
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Review: Noel Gallagher widens sound on 'Who Built the Moon?'Nov 22, 2017 6:00 am - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, "Who Built the Moon?" (Sour Mash Records) His younger brother Liam's new album has been heaped with praise, he turned 50 in May and a...
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Q&A: Diplo on historic concert in Cuba, Rihanna and BieberNov 22, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Globe-trotting EDM star Diplo recently checked another locale off his performance wish-list: Cuba. In March 2016, the Grammy-winning producer-DJ and h...
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Weekly picks: 'White Christmas' warms Cadillac Palace stageNov 21, 2017 10:00 pm - Berlin blessings Great American carols, including “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” “Happy Holiday” and more, are featured in the 2008 Broadway musical “Irving Berlin'...
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Angela Ingersoll brings '12 Dames of Christmas' to life at the ECC Arts Center Dec. 9Nov 21, 2017 10:00 pm - "The 12 Dames of Christmas," starring award-winning Chicago dynamo Angela Ingersoll, will bring the holiday spirit to the ECC Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 9. The perfor...
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Get in the holiday mood with Sia, Smokey and StefaniNov 21, 2017 6:00 am - Here's a collection of holiday albums reviewed by The Associated Press. _____ Fantasia, "Christmas After Midnight" (Concord Records) With the barely-there red dress she'...
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Review: Barbra Streisand concert film a gooey lump of blahNov 21, 2017 6:00 am - The point of paying for a baby sitter, fighting traffic and paying huge ticket prices to go see your favorite music act in the flesh is to see them working hard - to see...