Music
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Director keeps balance between new, familiarOct 31, 2021 8:39 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 2007-08 season follows the philosophy of music director Robert Hanson: a balance between familiar masterpieces of the orchestral repertoir...
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West's album doesn't make the gradeOct 31, 2021 8:34 pm - Kanye West, "Graduation" (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella) two stars Forget the current battle stance between Kanye West and 50 Cent, the two rap heavyweights with new albums in sto...
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Less, not 'More'
Oct 31, 2021 8:31 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of...
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Baring all: 2 albums turn folk music upside downOct 31, 2021 8:01 pm - Folk music continues to be the mothership of musical styles. Continuing since the inaugural folk music revival of the early 1960s, artists starting with Bob Dylan and co...
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Music notesOct 31, 2021 8:02 pm - Help New Orleans Global Hope, a nonprofit aid organization in Downers Grove, is hosting a roadhouse jam benefit for New Orleans musicians, from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fit...
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On the fast trackOct 31, 2021 8:06 pm - Members of the band "Red Line District" are getting increasingly jittery at the thought of stepping onto the stage of Chicago's House of Blues next weekend. But it's all...
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Lynda Carter transforms from superhero to singerOct 31, 2021 8:11 pm - If you know Lynda Carter only as Wonder Woman, you don't know Lynda Carter. Best known for playing the superhero on TV during the 1970s, Carter has been singing with ba...
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Aesop Rock takes a pass on mainstreamOct 31, 2021 8:10 pm - Aesop Rock, "None Shall Pass" (Definitive Jux) 3 stars Aesop Rock's rhymes, dense with wordplay and seeming lyrical tangents, are for language lovers and juxtaposition a...
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Concert picksOct 31, 2021 8:05 pm - Wilco hits Millennium Park Wednesday. The Flaming Lips with Black Moth Super Rainbow, 7:30 p.m. today at the Aragon, 1106 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago. $37.50. Sold out. (3...
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Muti to open CSO season, lead tour in his 'audition'Oct 31, 2021 8:04 pm - Will Muti be the man? The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will open its 2007-08 subscription season at 8 p.m. Sept. 14 and 3 p.m. Sept. 16 with the renowned Italian conducto...