Musicians Dave and Phil Alvin, who founded the Blasters, stopped by the Old Town School of Folk Music on a recent visit to Chicago and got a chance to lay hands on a piece of blues and folk history -- Big Bill Broonzy’s guitar.
April 16, 2014
Music
Beneath the Santa Monica Mountains, thousands of folk music lovers gathered Sunday at a small, Western-style ranch to hear the strumming and toe-tapping tunes of bluegrass and old-time musicians.
May 22, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
The summer’s hottest rock concert ticket is the Lollapalooza ’92 tour, in town for three sold-out shows this weekend at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
Sept. 9, 1992
Travel & Experiences
This little Danish town is about to celebrate its 75th birthday.
May 25, 1986
World & Nation
The performer, among several cultural figures detained recently, was held for weeks without charges, relatives say.
June 8, 2008
The cultural mix in the music of the Blazers was perhaps inevitable.
Feb. 4, 1994
Drive north from Little Rock over 130 miles of narrow, twisting mountain roads and through pungent, piney woods to this tiny hamlet in Stone County and you step back in time.
Oct. 20, 1985
Guy Clark isn’t a name familiar to most pop fans, but Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett and U2 think it should be.
Jan. 23, 1993
LOS OLIVOS--Start filling your autumn calendar by purchasing tickets to “A Celebration of Harvest,” 1-4 p.m.
July 31, 1994
If you prefer to step into a country’s history and culture amid natural surroundings rather than in museums and concert halls, hitch a ride to the Nordic lands.
July 13, 1986