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'American Idol' recap: Top 12 perform
Reality CheckJanell reports on last night's American Idol:The Top 12 are performing tonight, and the theme is not “whatever you want,” for a change. It’s “Song From the Year You Were Born” night, a theme which will make the viewing...Tags: Casey Abrams, American Red Cross, Rod Stewart, Travel, Bon Jovi (music group)
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SXSW 2013 keynote: Dave Grohl and the importance of 'voice'
AUSTIN, Texas -- Dave Grohl, looking more professorial than usual (it must have been the dark-rimmed glasses he donned for the occasion), might have a future scripting reality shows if this music thing doesn't work out. During his keynote speech Thursday...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Jack Black, David Grohl, Christina Aguilera, Edgar Winter
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Cohen-Buckley harmony highlighted in new book
My first Leonard Cohen experience was the soundtrack on Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers," where Cohen declared, among other things, "Everybody knows." What I soon knew was that Leonard Cohen was a writer of weight. I started listening to...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Music Industry, Shrek (fictional character), Jeff Buckley, Entertainment
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Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre
With a fedora shadowing his eyes and a sharp suit accenting some spry dance steps, the 78-year-old Leonard Cohen played many roles Friday before a full house at the Akoo Theatre in Rosemont: gentleman caller, graying patriarch, undertaker, assassin,...
Tags: Robert Altman, Entertainment, Music, John Cale, Leonard Cohen
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Top weekend shows: Earth, OM, Rosanne Cash
Earth: Formerly notable for their slow, earth-moving drone, this Pacific Northwest outfit has morphed into something a good deal more nuanced in its second incarnation under the guidance of founding member Dylan Carlson. The pioneering band, which counted... -
Album review: Leonard Cohen, 'Old Ideas'
3.5 stars (out of 4)
It doesn’t seem possible, but Leonard Cohen’s voice sounds even deeper, darker, more foreboding than ever on his 12th studio album in 44 years, “Old Ideas” (Columbia). Cohen is 77, and he doesn’t...Tags: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Robert Altman, Music, Sergio Leone
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Smashing Pumpkins revisit breakthrough albums
“Gish” Deluxe Edition (EMI); 3.5 stars (out of 4)
“Siamese Dream” Deluxe Edition (EMI): 4 stars (out of 4)
Smashing Pumpkins’ debut, “Gish,” wasn’t the cool, everybody-has-to-hear-it album of 1991. It...Tags: Nine Inch Nails (music group), Pumpkin, Gary Glitter, Music, Pearl Jam (music group)
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Fall preview: Bargain-priced concerts
“Money’s too tight to mention,” the Valentine Brothers sang in the early ‘80s -- and that anthem to economic hard times still applies today. But great music can be had this autumn that won’t bust your wallet. Here’s a... -
Raincoats to finally make Chicago debut
Like the Velvet Underground and Big Star, the Raincoats were one of those bands who were better at inspiring future generations of bands than selling records.
Every decade or so, the Raincoats enjoy a little surge in popularity, their music enduring...Tags: Sex Pistols (music group), Buddy Holly, Fine Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nirvana (music group)
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Nirvana, Pearl Jam revisit era-defining music
Nirvana: “Nevermind: Super Deluxe Edition” (Geffen)
Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4)
Pearl Jam: “Pearl Jam Twenty” (Columbia)
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4)
World domination – so difficult to predict, so impossible to maintain....Tags: The Jesus Lizard (music group), Grunge (genre), David Grohl, MTV (tv network), Stone Gossard
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Amy Winehouse, dead at 27: One acclaimed album, great promise left unfulfilled
Amy Winehouse, who was found dead Saturday at her home in London, left behind a small body of celebrated work and immeasurable unfulfilled promise. She was 27.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the British singer’s death. But, sadly, it...Tags: Recording Industry Association of America, Awards and Prizes, Acoustic (genre), Elections, History
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