Music Industry

In offering the regional premiere of the 2008 Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights," Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia has reached its own new heights. Toby's production of "The Color Purple" last season garnered a record number of Helen Hayes...

Dave Matthews Band Any time Dave Matthews Band comes through the area, it's pretty much a cinch it's the top concert of the week. Whether or not you're a fan of Matthews' laid-back but simmering slow burn performance style and esoteric (some might say...

The Deadly Nightshade will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, Mass.. Formed in 1972, The Deadly Nightshade claim to be one of the first outspokenly feminist women's rock bands in the country. They...

Fielding an all-star lineup including the legendary jazz-fusion band the Yellowjackets and the red-hot vocal star Jackie Ryan, Simbury businesswoman Tamara Braz launches her debut venture as a concert producer with a promising new jazz festival that...

Cheska Zaide takes her homework everywhere. And that's not in a manner of speaking — it's a fact. Cheska, 15, is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of teenage pop band A+ Dropouts. But the Huntington Beach resident is also a full-time...

Why should kids have all the fun? Cragin Memorial Library is pleased to host an Adult Summer Reading Program kickoff event on Tuesday, June 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. American Roots Music features folk Songs, mountain music, blues and spirituals,...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King...

Fireman’s Adventure Race The Fireman’s Adventure Race June 1, includes a 5 kilometer walk/run through town that will also include some off-pavement terrain. The start and finish for the 5k will be at the Rockwood Fire Department. Breakfast...

First the Bard on iPad and now an all-digital symphony? In an ad for a European bank, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra played "Carmen" entirely on smartphones and tablets. The 2 1/2-minute spot shows Czech conductor Libor Pesek stepping up to the...

EAT Molé de Mayo 16th Street between Halsted and Morgan Streets 312-733-2287 Chefs from eight local Mexican restaurants throw down in an outdoor molé competition—set against the neighborhood's viaduct wall murals—where you can sample...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Opera companies throughout the world are staging Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle this year to fete his 200th birthday on May 22, but Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer is having no part of it during his "Wagner Days" festival in June....