Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Black Bolts puts its onstage revelry into new EP, livestream release showFeb 05, 2021 5:00 am - For garage-rock band Black Bolts, 2020 was a time to get serious. “I never really pursued sending our stuff out as much,” said Henry Scherrer, the band's lead vocalist ...
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Musical trip down memory lane: What are your three most-played albums?Feb 05, 2021 5:00 am - With more than a foot of snow piled upon us, and a virus raging yet again with new variants - and a guessing game for the ages in terms of when and where to get a vaccin...
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ESO's Listeners Club discussions focus on upcoming concertFeb 05, 2021 12:00 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra invites classical music aficionados and those who would like to learn more about this musical genre to join them in a free, four-part online...
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Crystal Lake Central grad to appear on 'American Idol' season premiereFeb 05, 2021 12:00 am - Grace Kinstler can remember going to a Katy Perry concert as an 8-year-old, so she says it was surreal when, years later, she got to audition for "American Idol" in fron...
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DuPage Foundation awards $300,000 to arts organizationsFeb 05, 2021 12:00 am - Two dozen local nonprofit arts organizations shared $300,000 in federal COVID-19 recovery funds, the DuPage Foundation announced this week. Through its Arts DuPage initi...
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Chicago folk troubadour Mark Dvorak performs Feb. 12 in WoodstockFeb 04, 2021 10:00 pm - Off Square Music and the Woodstock Opera House will present "An Acoustic Evening With Mark Dvorak" at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 CST. The special "Live & Live Stream" event ...
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Review: CNCO gives fans a swanky '~Déjà Vu' on covers albumFeb 04, 2021 6:00 am - CNCO, 'œDéjà Vu" (Sony Music Latin) Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and a covers album is the most earnest form of vocal flexing. What better way to prove ...
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Review: Foo Fighters take a great detour into fun groovesFeb 04, 2021 6:00 am - Foo Fighters, 'œMedicine at Midnight'ť (Roswell/RCA) 'œMedicine at Midnight'ť is what happens when the Foo Fighters embrace grooves instead of riffs. Who asked for that?...
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Social media stars sail away with sea shanty record dealsFeb 04, 2021 6:00 am - London (AP) - The long forgotten sea shanty has been enjoying a renaissance on social media and is now moving into popular music with two U.K. artists landing record dea...
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Pope seeks to encourage musicians silenced by coronavirusFeb 04, 2021 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Thursday offered encouragement to musicians who have been silenced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, acknowledging many have lost work...