26 Jul 2005

Willie Nelson's "Lost" Reggae Sessions Released

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Hidden away in record-company vaults for almost a decade, Willie Nelson's lost reggae-infused recordings are seeing the light of day. Originally recorded with producer Don Was in Jamaica with legendary guest Toots Hibbert, the resulting CD, Countryman, found a champion in Lost Highway Records, which polished the rescued sessions and presents this gentle little gem this coming Tuesday.
19 Jul 2005

Candidates Ignore Their "Skeletons" at Their Peril

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The level of arrogance and political stupidity exhibited by wealthy office-seekers never ceases to amaze me. Long before the media got wind of it last year, much of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Blair Hull's top staff knew about the police report that alleged Hull struck his then-wife during a late-night argument.
19 Jul 2005

Circa '21 Announces Re-Opening

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• After a small fire on June 22 caused Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse to temporarily close for an extensive clean-up, the Rock Island dinner theatre is pleased to announce its grand re-opening on Wednesday, July 20.
05 Jul 2005

Davenport's Comprehensive Discourages Sprawl ... Vaguely

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When the first draft of Davenport's new comprehensive land-use plan was presented to the public in March, it was intended as a springboard for public discussion. Since then, the committee in charge of the document has released a set of 144 recommendations.
28 Jun 2005

Mississippi Hotel Being "Recycled"

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• The Mississippi Hotel is currently being emptied in preparation for construction of the expanded Adler Theatre stage. All refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, and furniture is being removed from the hotel rooms that will be impacted by the stage-expansion project.
28 Jun 2005

Predatory Lending Falls Prey to Speaker's Clout

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Serious, intense clout usually only comes into play at the Illinois Statehouse on behalf of giant corporations, powerful political organizations, influential labor unions, entrenched bureaucracies, or other unstoppable special interests.
28 Jun 2005

Passionate - or Pissed? - About Polka

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If you ever engage Carl Finch in a discussion about the health or politics of polka, watch out. And do not make any polka jokes. The singer/guitarist/accordionist/keyboardist for the Texas-based band Brave Combo is passionate about his polka, and he can work himself up into such a froth that you might mistake his tone for anger.
28 Jun 2005

"Blues All My Life"

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Part of the Ike Turner philosophy is that he'll play with just about anybody. For example, he appears on a few tracks on an album that was released last month. "They knew me, but I didn't know them," Turner said.
28 Jun 2005

Recipients of the Mississippi Valley Blues Society's RiverRoad Lifetime Achievement Awards

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The purpose of the RiverRoad Award (as the Mississippi Valley Blues Society [MVBS] "a river runs through it" guitar logo attests) is to honor those artists who have devoted their lives to bringing what we call "river" blues - music that runs deep with emotion, like a river of the soul - to anyone they meet on life's highways.
28 Jun 2005

Go-Go's Bassist Prepares Solo Debut

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• With the fever of television's Hit Me Baby One More Time thrusting stars of the 1980s back into the spotlight, Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine is preparing to drop her solo debut in September. She's also taking on lead-vocal and guitar duties for the album, Light Years, which will bear the imprint of her own All for One Records label.

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