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Combat Stress: Finding The Way Home [Listen]
CBS and 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft presents an hour long radio special airing across the nation this Memorial Day Weekend.
The special explores the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on veterans who share their struggles,...
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Paul McCartney On Pussy Riot: 'Further Incarceration Will Be Harmful'
Paul McCartney recently sent handwritten letters addressed to Russian authorities to voice his support for the two Pussy Riot band members that remain incarcerated in Russian prisons. This is the second time McCartney has expressed support for the...
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JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 'Howl' At Saki For Album Release In Chicago's Logan Square [Watch]
Chicago's soul-rockers, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, have just released their third studio album on May 21st. The new album is titled Howl, and yesterday they also performed material from the new release at Saki in Logan Square. The event was...
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Warren Haynes On What To Expect From His Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration Tour
Warren Haynes keeps a busy schedule: He's one-half of the guitar team in the Allman Brothers Band, he leads his own group Gov't Mule, he has a solo band, and he occasionally plays solo acoustic shows. And next month, he'll perform with ensembles...
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Hear Prince Wail On His Cover Of Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow” [Listen]
Even though Prince has some half a billion songs of his own, he enjoys a good cover. In fact, many fans would argue he’s just as likely to pop off a classic FM jam on the whim as The Boss or Phish. Here’s some fuel for that reasoning: Recently, the...
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Marker's Weekend Live Blues Pick
A trio of blues players is up from New Orleans this weekend for a stop at FitzGerald's. It's seems like appearances by the best blues artists from the Crescent City here in the Windy City are becoming more rare, all the more reason to check out the...
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New Chicago Music On This Sunday's Local Anesthetic
Cameron McGill was kind enough to send me an advance of his next set, Gallows Etiquette, and I gotta say, it's quite good. Cameron has always been very talented but the continued honing of his songcraft into this new set of beauties is...
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Bono, Richard Branson, Olivia Wilde Join Matt Damon's 'Toilet Strike'
In an effort to end the water crisis that is affecting millions of people, 780,000,000 to be exact, Olivia Wilde, Bono and Richard Branson have joined in Matt Damon’s “toilet strike.” Damon, who announced his strike in February,...
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The Regular Guy Reviews: The Iceman
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.
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The Perfect Fit: Which Summer Music Festival Is For You?
It happens every summer: Lineup after lineup entices you to join their party, visit some distant city or town, and brave the heat and crowds in the name of music. Whether it’s trekking outside of Seattle, navigating traffic in Tennessee, squeezing...
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All We Are Saying, Give The Arts A Chance
Lennon & McCartney are creating great art again. This time it's Yoko Ono Lennon and Paul McCartney. Both have been involved for years in supporting arts education, and both have recently expanded those efforts.
McCartney established LIPA,...
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John Fogerty & Dawes Perform 'Someday Never Comes' on Letterman [Watch]
Letterman's having a pretty good week. On Monday night, The National ended the show with a performance of their song, "Don't Swallow The Cap," and last night John Fogerty closed with Dawes. What song did they play together? It was the Creedence...
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Carole King Classics
A sharp Brooklyn girl who helped put the Brill building on the musical map by growing up to be one of the greatest songwriters (often with husband/partner Gerry Goffin) of the modern era is honored (again) and with good reason. Although she is a...
