Coda series showcases the diversity of the Bay Area's Latin musicians. by j. poet The Latin music scene in the Bay Area has produced innovative bands like Mazacote, Michael Spiro's Tanaóra, Ray Obiedo's Urban Latin Jazz Project, and the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet. Yet finding gigs is another matter. In the Seventies, there were dozens of Latin music venues like Señorial and Cesar's Latin ...

St. Patrick's Day in San Francisco isn't entirely about green beer and trashed frat boys. Okay, so it's mostly about green beer and trashed frat boys. But there is a wider variety of options than simply heading to the nearest O'Somebody's and powering down Guinness pints. From fun runs to church ...

Collaborating at a distance has been a new experience for leading New Zealand chamber music ensemble NZTrio.

  Eleven-time Juno winner Murray McLauchlan is the featured performer for the 2010 Easter Seals Telethon on CBC Television at 2:00 p.

With more than 700 attendees, 50 volunteers and 30 vendors, the FriendFest 2010 Benefit Wine and Beer Festival raised about $13,000 to help fund the many programs and services at Friend Inc. Community Services in Kutztown.

Joan Baez has been added to Paramount Theatre's lineup of summer concerts.

Zooey Deschanel doesn't just act and sing. She dances , too. And hula hoops! All of her various talents are on display in this high school musical-style video for She & Him 's new single "In the Sun" . Deschanel's second LP with producer and arranger M. Ward is called Volume Two and it's out March 23, via Merge . (April 5 on Domino in the UK.) Money-back guarantee: This is the most downright ...

Last week, we learned about the existence of the Toronto eatery Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company , a spot where every item on the menu is named after a Wilco tune. But Sky Blue Sky isn 't the only restaurant where menu items are named in honor of an alt-country mainstay's body of work. Reader Josh Wyrick has tipped us off to the existence of the Greensboro, North Carolina pizza place Sticks ...

NORTHUMBERLAND — The local folk music trio, The Good Lovelies, has been nominated for a Juno Award. The category is Roots & Traditional Album of the Year for a group, and The Good Lovelies' self-titled, first, full-length CD is the nomination.[...]

It is impossible to attend the East Coast Music Awards and Conference, which clewed up Sunday night in Cape Breton, without coming home with a few new artists of interest from outside of your own province.

Bristolian folk singer, actor and TV presenter known for his hit The Oldest Swinger in Town British folk clubs during the 1960s and 70s played host to the "folk comedians", who combined a love of folk music with a natural ability to make an audience laugh. Jasper Carrott, Mike Harding and Billy Connolly all started off in folk clubs. Fred Wedlock, who has died of a heart attack aged 67, was ...

It should not surprise that it is the traditional dance troupes that have been making headway on the international scene. Dikakapa now represents the traditional arts constituency of Botswana at the Kora awards. Machesa and Culture Spears also get regular play on the South African radio stations.

Ántonios Nicolaidis, a doctoral student at the University of Athens who was active in Baltimore's Greek community, died of complications from surgery Feb. 23 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The East Baltimore resident was 29.

LAKE COUNTY – Four Shillings Short will perform in Lake County in two separate performances in March and April.

WILKES-BARRE - The city will hold its 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, and Mayor Tom Leighton said the event will be bigger and better than ever.

WILKES-BARRE - The city will hold its 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, and Mayor Tom Leighton said the event will be bigger and better than ever.

Joan Baez has been added to Paramount Theatre's lineup of summer concerts.

Gary Allan

The Avett Brothers are conventional folk musicians like Jackson Pollack was a conventional painter. The band, like Pollack, turns tradition on its head, choosing bits and pieces for themselves before moving forward into the wild unknown. read more

The Sound Off! win caps what has been a thoroughly satisfying year for the heralded Plateau group, during which they postponed college and career plans, spent many hours in practice rooms and recording studios, and sculpted their alt-country sound which is starting to catch the ear of labels and venue bookers around the state.