A previous version of this story included inaccurate birth years for Ed Askew, Rich Hall and Jonathan Mayers. Askew was born in 1940. Hall was born in 1976. Mayers was born in 1974.

Pursue last-minute shopping without the crowds by turning to your favorite restaurants. Many offer gift cards and certificates likely to be welcomed by most. And restaurants facing the lean months ...

Chris Rea, the British blues-rock singer known for hits such as "Fool (If You Think It's Over)," "Let's Dance" and the holiday classic "Driving Home for Christmas," has died. He was 74. Rea died on ...

On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...

As 2025 comes to an end, we wanted to take a moment to honor the legendary musicians we lost this year. Each of these artists left an undeniable mark on the culture, and now is the time to give them ...

Jacksonville musician Joe Starkey was shot and killed in a road rage incident on December 10. The shooter is claiming self-defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, and no arrest has been made.

Are you looking for a different kind of gift to give to someone you love? How about… a sponge! Soak this in: A ticket to Beck Center for the Arts’ “The SpongeBob Musical” is the gift you never knew ...

Winner of 26 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the 2022 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, SIX is the story of ...

Front row: Max Voehl and Garrett McNally both portray Auggie Pullman. Back row: Kaylin Hedges, Javier Muñoz and Alison Luff play the other members of the Pullman family in A.R.T.'s world-premiere ...

On a blustery evening in October, Daniel Foster sat onstage at the Kennedy Center, viola in his lap. The National Symphony Orchestra was about to play “Don Juan,” an 1889 tone poem by Richard Strauss ...

Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as both a solo artist and part of the group the Flatlanders, died Monday at ...

NEW ORLEANS IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MUSICIAN WHO HELPED DEFINE THE CITY’S SOUND BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT. VIOLINIST MICHAEL WARD WAS MORE THAN A PERFORMER. HE WAS A TEACHER. HE WAS ALSO A COLLABORATOR.