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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: Malaria, Finance, Hubert Sumlin, Chicago Hotels, Chris Jericho
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Sugar Blue sweetens genre with jazz additions
South Bend TribuneSugar Blue hears mold growing on the blues these days, and he doesn’t like it. “If you can’t add anything to the canon,” the harmonic virtuoso says, “if all you can do is regurgitate another man’s ideas while...Tags: New York City, Charlie Parker, Music Industry, Entertainment, Theater
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Dillard falls short of top three at NYC jazz competition
The musical journey for 25 Broward County students ended a few songs earlier than expected Sunday night. Students from the Dillard Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale traveled to New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center. The students won an Honorable...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Entertainment, Students, Coral Gables, Pembroke Pines
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Ella Fitzgerald, with unerring sense of swing, conquered jazz
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, on what would have been her 96th birthday. The stylized doodle puts her in the spotlight on stage leading a quartet. Fitzgerald became the preeminent female jazz singer of...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Google Inc., Chick Webb
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Matthew Bourne, Ethan Stiefel part of Music Center's 2013-14 season
The new 2013-14 season of Dance at the Music Center will feature works by choreographers Matthew Bourne, Ethan Stiefel and Alexei Ratmansky. The season, which the Music Center announced this week, will also include return appearances by Ballet Preljocaj...
Tags: Entertainment, New Zealand, Ethan Stiefel, Dance, James Brown
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Stephen Wade: A telling tale of making beautiful music
Stephen Wade's affection for the Chicago in which he grew up and that he left long ago is passionate and palpable in the introduction to his astonishing book, “The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience.”...
Tags: Maritime (music group), Entertainment, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Music, Library of Congress
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A rosy new stage for Sugar Blue
These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue. In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June. In the meantime, the two — who own a home in...
Tags: Music Industry, Billie Holiday, Entertainment, Dexter Gordon, Tameka Cottle
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Staff's picks: March 7-14
Top five things to do this week Cure for Cabin Fever Moreland and Arbuckle will give a taste of the Western Maryland Blues Fest Thursday, March 7, during the Cabin Fever Blues Bash at The Maryland Theatre. 6:15 p.m. doors open; 7 p.m. concert. The...
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DanceMasters Weekend is Nigh at Wesleyan, March 9 & 10
Wesleyan University has been holding its annual DanceMasters Weekend for 14 years now. It's hard to understate the significance of this event. Connecticut once had a vibrant year-round dance scene, with regular concerts by local dance troupes and...Tags: Entertainment, Wesleyan University, Dance, Arts and Culture, Middletown
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Levi Kreis, back on a Chicago stage
Tribune reporterLevi Kreis, the original Jerry Lee Lewis in "Million Dollar Quartet," is slated to perform at Davenport’s Piano Bar in Chicago. Kreis, who originated the role of the piano virtuoso Lewis in the Chicago production of "Million Dollar Quartet,"...Tags: Entertainment, Unity (music group), Tony Awards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Music
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Waynesboro girl auditions in NYC for televised singing contest
A Waynesboro girl who has her sights set on the Broadway stage traveled to New York City last weekend to audition for a televised singing contest. Hannah Richardson, 11, said she got cut in the audition process for “La Voz Kids” on Telemundo,...
Tags: New York City, Broadway Theater, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Entertainment, Theater
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The buzz in 2013, 'Fela!' to Felder
Happy New Year. Been off the grid? Let's get you caught up with various prospects and developments in Chicago theater. The last couple of weeks of 2012 produced a slew of fascinating developments. A little production titled "The Book of Mormon" opened...
Tags: Andersonville, Blue Man Group, Music Industry, Entertainment, Celebrities
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