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B.B.King to Appear at Blues Music Awards
B.B. King will be on hand at the Blues Music Awards ceremony on May 7 in Memphis to present an award named in his honor, the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. Nominees for this award are Janiva Magness, Watermelon Slim, Bobby Rush, Lil' Ed and Magic Slim. This year's awards ceremony and concert should be ...
Charles Teitel Theater Operator Brought Foreign Art Films to Chicago Dies
Charles Teitel, who operated one of the first foreign art houses in Chicago, screening such seminal films as “The Bicycle Thief" and “Z" as well as movies that city censors tried to ban for racy content, died of congestive heart failure April 4 at his home in Laguna Woods, his daughter Roberta Teitel Zweig said. He ...
Andrew Bird at the Civic Opera House Chicago
Tragedy struck Thursday in the first of two sold-out Andrew Bird concerts at the opulent Civic Opera House. Birds musical weapon of choice his violin --- was mortally wounded when it slipped from his hands near the end of the show, crashed to the stage and cracked in two. Bird soldiered on to the finish without ...
Gypsy Jazz Jam @ The Galaxie in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Galaxie continues its series of gypsy jazz jam sessions on Thursday, April 16 from 8 to 11 pm. These sessions are open to jazz fans, musicians and dancers of all types and levels, as well as fans of vintage films. This session will feature the Chicago band Uptown Rhythm Swing. Previous sessions ...
Random Touch's "Turbulent Flesh"
Algonquin, IL - What really matters when it comes to Random Touch is not their 38 years of collaboration, or their love of pure improvisation or their disinterest in trading music for dollars. What really matters is that they give birth to music that lies beyond ego/mind/thought. Music such as theirs cannot be made when utilizing ...
Delmark Records New Releases for April and May, 2009
Delmark CD Re-issues - end of April, 2009 (all previously released material, now back in print) Eric Alexander - Mode For Mabes (Delmark DE 500) Jazz tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander firmly established himself as a mature voice even though he was only 27 years of age when he recorded Mode For Mabes in 1997. It was ...
Chicago Sun-Times Files for Bankruptcy
Sun-Times Media Group Inc., reeling from a painful revenue decline and tax liabilities that date back to the looting of the company during the tenure of former CEO Conrad Black, disclosed Tuesday that it has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. The publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and other ...
Columbia College Students Learn About Music Industry from the Pros
The future leaders of the music industrybe they aspiring singers, instrumentalists or producershave to start somewhere. On Friday, that place was the downtown campus of Columbia College Chicago, where industry professionals met with more than 120 high school students as part of Grammy Career Day. The free program was co-hosted by Grammy in the Schools and ...
The Eagles Tour for "Long Road out of Eden" Comes to the Sears Centre
The Eagles are on a Long Road Out of Eden tour. The latest disc from the legendary quartet was a huge success. But, the band knows a full Sears Centre won't be because of this CD alone. So, hunker down (the Sears Centre Web site lists the performance time as 8 p.m. to midnight) for a ...
B.B. King Tour Stops at the Venue in Hammond
B.B. King's 401(k) must have taken a hit during this economic tsunami. Why else would the 83-year-old blues legend still be working instead of fishing his days away. (that's what people do, you know, when they retire)? Maybe because he loves playing and touring and can still rock, as a 2008 Grammy for his ...
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