Music
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Chester native comes home for performanceAug 18, 2017 2:30 pm - A Chester native, and accomplished musician and performer, is returning home for a performance today at the Chester Public Library. Christine McClure Schnelting will pre...
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Du Quoin library hosts entertaining history of Civilian Conservation CorpsMar 01, 2017 7:42 am - The Du Quoin Public Library is planning a program about the Civilian Conservation Corps for early April. The program, to be presented by Michigan-based author Bill Jamer...
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George Thorogood keeps the blues rockin' hardJan 24, 2017 1:33 pm - It doesn't matter that George Thorogood and the Destroyers have never cracked the Top 10. Their rock-blues-boogie is instantly recognizable, whether the first sound you...
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Peter Chianca: A very telling 'Story of Star Wars'Jan 24, 2017 1:34 pm - If someday, many years in the future, I look back and try to pinpoint the exact moment when I first began my inevitable crawl toward creaky obsolescence, my mind will pr...
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Duran Duran endures on tourJan 24, 2017 1:35 pm - Before Simon Le Bon became lead singer for the synthpop band Duran Duran in 1980, he had been in a punk band and an electronica band. But Duran Duran was looking for a n...
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Peter Chianca: Recent and recommended music albums for JuneJan 24, 2017 1:37 pm - New music: Leland Sundries, ‘music for outcasts' Operating on a broader canvas than their two EPs, and boasting a more alternative feel, Leland Sundries finally get...
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Neal Simon: Cast your dancing spell my way, Bob DylanJan 24, 2017 1:39 pm - Someone I love and respect recently commented that Bob Dylan's voice has never sounded better than it does on his new single, "All the Way," the second release from his ...
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Leland Sundries stretches on fine ‘music for outcasts'Jan 24, 2017 1:39 pm - The worst you can say about Leland Sundries' two EP releases — 2010's "The Apothecary" and 2012's "The Foundry" — is that they were frustratingly short (as EPs...
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Radiohead returns with blistering ‘Burn the Witch'Jan 24, 2017 1:39 pm - If you really weren't paying attention, you might think that Radiohead has gone kind of upbeat on its recent single "Burn the Witch," the band's first new song of its ne...
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Prince solo a highlight of new Rock Hall vinyl LPJan 24, 2017 1:43 pm - "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Live — Volume 1," Time Life's first-ever vinyl LP collection of performances plucked from three decades worth of Rock Hall induction cerem...