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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

John Langford, Terri Hemmert, and Lin Brehmer discussing the repeal of prohibition on Opening Day.

Lin’s Gin Joint Jukebox: Prohibition Repealed on this Date

Wasn’t Chicago a more exciting town during prohibition? Al Capone. The Green Mill. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Stuff was going on. Prohibition was repealed on this date. And we still have The Green Mill. So it is with a heavy head (client dinner last night) that I share songs of celebration for the legality of cocktail time.

2012/12/05

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Los Lobos Live From Studio X In 2004 [Listen]

In 2004, Los Lobos teamed up with some of their heroes to record The Gift. Hearing a band of Los Lobos’ musical heft weighing in with the likes of Richard Thompson and Elvis Costello was […]

2012/11/06

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Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin Calls Paul Simon An ‘Idiot’

“Everybody I know who has ever worked with Paul Simon says he’s the biggest jerk in the world,” Berlin says. “Yeah – he’s a f***ing idiot.”

2012/07/25

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Los Lobos Revive “Kiko” at Park West, June 1, 2012

Music lovers were dazzled when they heard, most for the first time, Los Lobos performing songs from Kiko during an XRT show at the Riviera Theater, nearly 20 years ago. Fast forward to the Hopefest […]

2012/07/18

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Santana & Los Lobos Friday Double Feature

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Santana & Los Lobos. Their respective combination of influences from all sides of the border make their music instantly appealing and totally distinctive. And few performers have rocked so consistently […]

2012/05/03

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Video: Band Of Joy At Chicago's Auditorium Theater

Robert Plant [photogallerylink id=54552 align=left]Mix up essential parts of [lastfm]Led Zeppelin[/lastfm], contemporary Nashville, and music with deep American roots, and you have the Band of Joy. It’s [lastfm]Robert Plant[/lastfm]‘s latest project, following his acclaimed Raising […]

2011/04/11

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Band Of Joy XRT Show, Auditorium Theater, 4/9/2011

Mix up essential parts of Led Zeppelin, contemporary Nashville, and music with deep American roots, and you have the Band of Joy. It’s Robert Plant’s latest project, following his acclaimed Raising Sand collaboration with Alison […]

WXRT–2011/04/10

Last.fm Trends: Grammys Are Ready To Rock

Last week Last.fm Trends looked at the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category at the Grammy Awards – this week it is the turn of Best Rock Instrumental Performance to go under the microscope. Read on […]

2011/01/25

XRT Benefit Event: Los Lobos at The Vic

[lastfm]Los Lobos[/lastfm] and [lastfm]Backyard Tire Fire[/lastfm] are playing an XRT Benefit Event for the Greater Chicago Food Depository at The Vic on November 6! Tickets to go on sale this Saturday at 10am, but VIPs […]

2010/08/18

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