This earthy but elegant Tennessee singer/songwriter sits squarely at the intersection of white mountain twang and Black Southern roots music. She already has made strong impressions here opening for ...

The Moon Mountain String Band brought a variety of tones to The Rosebud Theatre on Saturday night, flooding the stage with a ...

Jonathan Colman (Muscle Tough), and John Kimock (Mike Gordon) have released their debut album, 'Out of the Blue'.

After sitting in with Widespread Panic on New Year's Eve, Billy Strings kicked off 2026 at an all-star jam session in Nashville.

Terry Walsh of Belfast Cowboys, Dan Israel, and Steve Brantseg will lead a tribute to Dylan, along with drummer David Haugen ...

Laughs with stand-up comedy, take a trail walk, see "Stuart Little," experience classic cinema scores and more in North Jersey this weekend.

Whitlock played openly corrupt city councilman Clay Davis on 25 episodes across the five seasons of “The Wire.” ...

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and ...

Harpist Nikki Lemire had to work Christmas Day, but she’s not complaining. The Duluth native was one of more than a dozen ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

Legendary R&B singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. He was 51. TMZ reported that the singer’s death came after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His death sent shockwaves through the music world.

Michigan native Billy Strings got the Tiny Desk Concert treatment this week on NPR's YouTube channel. Strings, now based in Nashville, Tennessee, is a west Michigan native. He grew up in Muir, a ...