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If It Keeps On Raining. A Playlist.

Remember. You can’t call it a hundred year flood if it happens every couple of years. If you’re anything like me, you may have been running late today because every road and viaduct we encountered […]

2013/04/18

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Eric Clapton/Keith Richards Collaboration Highlights Crossroads Festival, Night 2

At night 1 of Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads festival, he opened the show with an acoustic set. So, on night 2 (April 13), fans showed up at the 7:30 pm start time in hopes of getting […]

2013/04/14

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Eric Clapton/Allman Brothers Band Jam Highlights Crossroads Festival Night 1

“Welcome to the Crossroads Guitar Festival,” Eric Clapton said politely, as he sat down with an acoustic guitar to kick off night one of the fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival at New York’s Madison Square Garden. […]

2013/04/13

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While Clapton’s Guitar Gently Weeps: The Crossroads Collection

Wanna play guitar like Eric Clapton?  Good luck with that!  You could play a guitar like Eric Clapton’s.  Beginning March 21st, the Guitar Center will be selling the Eric Clapton Crossroads Collection, a limited edition […]

WXRT–2013/02/14

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In Case You Missed It: Top Stories Last Week

In case you may have missed any of them last week, here are the top five music articles that made the cut! Be sure to check out the picture galleries, along with hit-singles from upcoming […]

2013/01/28

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Prius Route to Rock, Vol. 43: Buddy Guy, Kelly Hogan, Method Man

Yeah, that’s right.  A member of the Wu-Tang Clan is one of this week’s picks, as is the one and only Mr. Buddy Guy (who will be finishing his annual January residency at Legends), and […]

WXRT–2013/01/23

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Prius Route to Rock, Vol. 40: Buddy Guy, Django, Otis Clay

2013, here we come!  The first weekend of ’13 has a few offerings that are definitely worth your time.  Buddy Guy’s annual residency at his own place in the south loop begins, a lost spaghetti […]

WXRT–2013/01/02

John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, David Letterman, Buddy Guy, Natalia Makarova, Dustin Hoffman were the honorees at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Led Zeppelin, David Letterman, Buddy Guy Celebrated At 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Clearly, it was a departure for the Kennedy Center Honors. Now in it’s 35th year, the ceremony started out by paying tribute to cultural icons like Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. In recent years, rock has been represented more and more at this prestigious event, with Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen all collecting the Kennedy Center medallion. But past ceremonies probably never got as loud as this year’s.

2012/12/03

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Led Zeppelin Kennedy Center Honors Coverage

The show won’t be broadcasted live: an edited version will air on CBS on December 26. But CBS Local will be there, live tweeting the event from Radio.com. We’ll also have a wrap-up after the show is over Sunday night.

2012/11/29

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Buddy Guy’s Mayor’s Office Send-Off

This weekend Buddy Guy heads to Washington, DC, to receive the highest honer this nation awards to its performing artists.  The Kennedy Center Awards are for lifetime achievement and will be presented this Sunday, December […]

2012/11/28

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