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The ‘Rage’ part of Rage Against the Machine feels even more relevant today than it did 30 years ago. Bulls on Parade was ...

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His horny 1985 teen-comedy starring John Cusack, and a young Daphne Zuniga (way before Melrose Place) The Sure Thing was ...

Radiohead's guitarist has long been a film composer worthy of awards attention. His score for PTA's masterpiece may finally make him an Oscar winner.

Chicago might have already hit its first deep freeze, but the local classical music scene pulses with life this season. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the Chicago Symphony’s artist-in-residence, ...

American pianist and composer Chloe Flower is on a mission to get young people into classical music. She’s doing it by collaborating with rap, house and pop stars, and creating her own genre of music, ...