A tribute to Michael Hurley celebrates the father of freak folk.

Alison Krauss & Union Station had already been together in various forms for more than a decade by the time their Live album ...

We’re on the one-week countdown to Christmas, and yet, it can still be a struggle to get into the holiday spirit for some.

A review of the film Gradam Ceoil TG4 @ Expo 25 when 12 Irish traditional musicians played a concert in the Hat venue in ...

Waiting in the wings on opening night of “Beauty and the Beast,” Michael Edwards felt the nerve-wracking jitters he ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 31: In 1776, the earliest cantata to be mentioned in Canadian historical documents was performed in Quebec City to mark the first anniversary of the repulsion of U.S.

In 1974, Bob Dylan and "The Band" opened their 21-city, 40-concert American tour in Chicago. Several dates were recorded for a live album. In 1980, blues singer Amos Milburn died in Houston, Texas, at ...

The somewhat snowy sidewalks along East Merrimack Street were filled with foot traffic around 7 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 17.

If you look puzzled, or answer in your clearest English, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand, kid, I’m from Minnesota,” he will call in the troops: “Marek! Krzysztof! Piotr! Chodzi tu!” Each kid has a deck ...

One hundred seventeen years ago today, the country singer/songwriter and guitarist who influenced generations was born in Kentucky.

Need help planning your weekend? Leap into a performance of "The Nutcracker," rock out with Almost Queen and Jon B. or ...

Mike Finigan, from Glace Bay, is a freelance writer now living in Sydney River. He can be contacted at ...