Moraine Valley teacher, flautist, retiring after nearly 3 decades of ‘making music tick’

Tammi Carlson has been playing and teaching the flute for nearly three decades at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.
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"I'm not quite sure what the song is about, but there's a lot of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of frustration." The story behind the global Phil Collins hit that Genesis ...

On March 28, 1978, Genesis kicked off their And Then They Were Three world tour at the The Broome Country Arena in Binghamton, New York. The tour would take in three American legs ...
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"I never thought someone would actually run with that song title. I suppose it's all my fault." The story of the extremely silly but surprisingly poignant Limp Bizkit anthem ...

What seemed like a throwaway lyric tacked onto a catchy Bizkit banger actually had some profound meaning for Fred Durst ...
American Songwriter

Ingrid Andress Discuss How the “Hate” Received from Her Viral National Anthem Performance Inspired Her New Single (Off the Record, Episode 10)

Ingrid Andress is ready to return to the spotlight after she made headlines for a flubbed performance of the national anthem in 2024.

Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ Is Back as ’90s Trend Soundtrack

A TikTok trend steeped in 1990s nostalgia has given the band’s signature anthemic ballad new life, and a new audience.

Melissa Auf Der Maur Revists Her Time With Hole And The Smashing Pumpkins In New Memoir

Inspired by the Pumpkins and seeing other American indie rock bands that passed through Montreal, Auf der Maur started her own group, Tinker. On sheer ambition, she later wrote a letter to Corgan in ...

Melissa Auf der Maur and Billy Corgan on the inspiration of Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain – and how she made them “smarter”

Melissa Auf der Maur and Billy Corgan have discussed the influence that Courtney Love had on Kurt Cobain’s songwriting, and credited her with making other artists “smarter”.