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Madama Butterfly,” Winning Works and the dyeing of the Chicago River are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCreadyhas completed work on the rock opera 'Farewell to Seasons,' which presents an alternate history of the grunge scene.

Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan is a new Shane MacGowan tribute album featuring contributions from Springsteen, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, and more.

Just as Peter Himmelman's career was beginning, he risked everything to honor something far older than the music business.

Violet Grohl has announced her debut album, Be Sweet to Me, due out May 29th. She's also shared new single "595" and an accompanying video.

Grohl previously released album track “THUM” with a Houston-directed video and also paid tribute to the influence of late ...

A massive coalition of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho that had assembled along the Little Bighorn River in southeast Montana handed Custer and the 7th Cavalry one of the worst defeats in ...

“Country” Joe McDonald, the rocker who became a staple of protest music in the ‘60s, has died. He was 84. McDonald died Saturday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. His death was confirmed ...

Another Tracks Of The Week contest has come and gone, leaving in its wake the usual mix of dashed hopes, shattered dreams and ...

A Danish vocal duo is set to take the stage for a headline show in Newton Aycliffe. Nordic Americana act Glimtvis, eaturing singers Rikke Egholm Ravn and Rasmus Pedersen, will perform at Steam Machine ...