Bunny Wailer, the reggae legend who was one of the original Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, will tour for the first time with a new generation of Marleys.
Wailer will play alongside Marley’s sons, Stephen and Ziggy, on the Roots, Rock, Reggae Festival, a month-long tour that opens Aug. 6 in Redway, Calif., […]
Gambling that the ominous clouds above would produce little rain, about 200 people mingled in Patriot Square Park on Sunday evening to enjoy the 9th Annual Nanticoke Music Fest.
While John Stevens’ Doubleshot set the tone with a selection of danceable polkas, youths made their own popping rhythm by throwing Snap Pops, which explode with a […]
Folks put on their dancing shoes over the weekend to kick off summer with some good beach music.
Hundreds came out to the Carolina Beach Boardwalk for the 21st Annual Pleasure Island Beach Music and Shag Festival.
Although it was mostly cloudy Saturday afternoon, the weather didn’t stop people from having a great time dancing on the […]
For many Orange County students, the image of a contemporary music fan involves tight pants, bangs combed over one eye and dark clothes. But last Friday in Aldrich Park, UC Irvine students were offered a respite from the O.C. punk and emo scene and given an opportunity to experience something other than trends created by […]
As world musicians including those from India turned up in this ancient town in Morocco for a festival of religious music, political figures and thinkers sat under an oak tree at the weekend debating ways of bringing spiritual harmony to the globalised world.
The 12th edition of the festival, which opened on Friday, brings together spiritual […]
The music industry has an unprecedented opportunity on Tuesday to have some fun with its reputation — deserved or otherwise — as the devilish corrupter of innocent youth.
For June 6 will be the first album release date in history that correlates numerically with the Mark of the Beast: 666. (Cue: Iron Maiden’s “The Number of […]
Paul Simon, B.B King, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello and Etta James are among the stars slated to perform at the 27th Annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
The event — in Montreal, naturally — will run from June 28 through July 9. It will present more than 140 indoor concerts.
Blues legend King will open the […]
Rapper LL Cool J and R&B crooner Bill Withers will be honored for their musical contributions by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the organization announced Friday.
LL Cool J will receive the Golden Note award and Withers will be presented with the Rhythm & Soul Heritage award at a June 26 ceremony at […]
The Stones are finally rolling.
Temporarily postponed after guitarist
Keith Richards accidentally injured his head in a fall while on holiday in Fiji, the Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang trek is starting up again with a newly revamped schedule that will take the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band to over 11 European countries.
Confirming on the […]
Paul Simon, B.B King, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello and Etta James are among the stars slated to perform at the 27th Annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
The event — in Montreal, naturally — will run from June 28 through July 9. It will present more than 140 indoor concerts.
Blues legend King will open the […]
The Zombies are very much alive. Rod Argent, founder of the seminal British rock group, will follow up a summer run as a member of
Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band with a U.S. tour by the Zombies.
“I never wanted to just re-form the Zombies,” Argent says, adding that the reunion had to include “doing some new stuff […]
She was an equestrian, a disco princess and a black-clad rocker — plus she crucified herself on a mirrored cross — all in less than two hours.
Madonna is known for her theatrical, action-packed shows, and Sunday night’s sold-out opener of her “Confessions” world tour was no exception.
More than a dozen dancers — who had as […]
Keith Richards has returned to the United States after being treated for a head injury in New Zealand, his publicist said Monday.
“He is feeling great, happy to be home and looking forward to getting back on the road with the Rolling Stones next month,” according to a statement from LD Communications in London.
The 62-year-old guitarist […]
Hip-hop stars Kanye West, Jadakiss, Paul Wall and Tego Calderon will head to Sierra Leone, Africa, for the documentary ‘Bling: A Planet Rock.’
The film chronicles the diamond wars of Sierra Leone and how hip-hop’s ‘bling’ culture of wearing flashy jewellery has unknowingly fuelled such conflicts.
The movie is being made by independent production company Article 19, […]
