Sunday, April 14, 2013
CHICAGO — Strains of classical music echoed on Sunday — not inside an august concert hall — but in a bleak Chicago jail where the mostly teenage boys await trial on charges ranging from dope dealing to murder. …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
I was a teenage record-buying college student when I happily made the acquaintance of John Wesley Harding in 1990. The prolific singer-songwriter — real name Wesley Stace — wrote smart, funny and wordy pop songs that lived in …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Carolyn Walker’s life in music so far — she’s 29 — goes back to all the bedtimes her mother, Audrey, sang herself hoarse as her daughter drifted off to sleep, head full of melodies. It continued with Suzuki …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Kate Upton and Diddy are not dating despite reports linking the two ultra-famous individuals. Upton, who broke up with Detroit Tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander around Valentine’s Day, was said to be spotted kissing music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and “not hiding it” at a party …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s right-hand woman will perform at the festival the rapper has curated in Philadelphia. The festival announced Wednesday on Spotify that Beyonce will perform at the “Budweiser Made in America” music festival on Labor …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Recent gloriously sunny days had me walking around with Biz Markie in my head crooning, “It’s spring again,” but summer’s been on the brain since the first two Mountain Park concerts of the 2013 season were recently announced. …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Advance bookings Fleetwood Mac — Sat., April 20, 8 p.m., Mohegan Sun. $125, $155. 888-777-7922, mohegansun.com Marc Anthony— Sat., April 20, 8 p.m., Foxwoods. $95, $125. foxwoods.com Bruce Hornsby — Sat., April 20, 8 p.m., Calvin Theatre, Northampton. …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Florence Community Band came into existence 12 years ago this month when Priscilla Ross — a multi-instrumentalist proficient on flute, piccolo and saxophone — teamed up with Mike Flynn to make it happen. Originally known as the …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The band launched into its rehearsal music, with the two saxophonists and the drummer kicking off the passage, and the trombonist and bass player coming in after a couple of measures. The jazz beat went on perhaps a …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
If Larry Howes is at a rock show that moves him, he does not stand still. The fully bald 58-year-old swivels and vibrates, shimmying with shamanic intensity, and has done so for decades — he is the Valley’s …
