Starting today, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew hit the road for a short East Coast mini-tour, making stops in Boston, D.C., and NYC as the opening act for Gypsy rockers Balkan Beat Box, who weave together pop, rock, ragga, hip-hop, electronic, Arab & Bulgarian singers, Greek guitars and more. As we've mentioned before, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew, hailing straight from Sierra Leone, have b

Guitar legend Jeff Beck [ tickets ] has added a second leg of Eastern US dates to his ongoing headlining trek in support of his first new studio album in seven years. The tour, which continues its current Western US portion April 16 in San Francisco, swings to the east beginning June 3 in Boston. Beck's plans includes a stop at Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival (6/12) and a tour-closing June...

Boston's Berklee College of Music is returning to Dublin, Ireland, April 5-11, to conduct improvisation workshops and to hold auditions for aspiring student musicians seeking scholarships to the prestigious university.The program, now in its second year, is taking place at the Newpark Music Centre i...

The Black Eyed Peas [ tickets ] have added a second leg of North American dates to their long-running world tour in support of last year's chart-topping studio release, "The E.N.D." The summer leg both kicks off and ends in Canada, starting with July 27-28 shows in Toronto, and ending Aug. 23 in Edmonton, Alberta. Highlights include stops in Boston (8/3), Chicago (8/11) and St. Louis, MO (8/1...

After years of plugging away under the mainstream radar, British alt-rockers Muse [ tickets ] have finally reached A-list status, filling arena shows around North America in support of "The Resistance." Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass), and Dominic Howard (drums) released their fifth studio set last September and it quickly landed the No. 3 spot on The Billboa...

SINGER SHEPLEY METCALF PRODUCES TRIBUTE TO JAZZ LYRICIST FRAN LANDESMAN WITH NEW CD Something Irresistible: Songs of Fran Landesman + Simon Wallace AND SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB SHOW TUESDAY, MARCH 23 AT 8:00 PM Boston, MA--If you are impressed by the haunting lyrics of the well-known tunes "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" or "Ballad of The Sad Young Men," then you should seek out this unique Scu...

JAZZ AT THE WILBUR Singer Lizz Wright In Concert at The Wilbur Theatre Thursday, April 8, 7:30 pm Yoko Miwa Trio To Open One of The Jazz World's Most Celebrated Rising Stars Heads to Boston Boston, MA--Jazz at The Wilbur will present "An Evening With Lizz Wright" on Thursday, April 8, at 7:30 PM at the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. The Yoko Miwa Trio will open the show...

Girls, Guns and Glory may sound like they were born in a Texas honky tonk, but they will be making their Texas debut at SXSW this year. Originally put together to record singer/songwriter Ward Hayden's songs, the Boston-based band quickly found their footing with their breed of Hank Williams country and Chuck Berry rock 'n' roll. Now, Girls, Guns and Glory is breaking out of Boston ...

From Lukas Ligeti: 2010 Lukas Ligeti Solo Concert Tour Sat 3.20– University of Virginia, Bridge PA1, Charlottesville, VA, virginia.edu Wed 3.24– Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, galapagosartspace.com Thu 3.25– Axiom Gallery for New and Experimental Media, 141 Green Street, Boston, MA, axiomart.org Fri 3.26– Casa del Popolo, 4873 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal...

Artist: State Radio Video: 'Knights of Bostonia' Highlight: The band stages an invasion of Boston to help liberate (and recruit) a class of oppressed schoolchildren.