A guitar virtuoso, a pioneering alternative-rock band and a blazing blues-guitar player are among the top-flight acts headed to the Valley this week. Read More
The Jazz Sessions, are pleased to announce Innovators In Music, a new series of documentary profiles on six dynamic musicians from a variety of genres, backgrounds, and disciplines. Read More
Young's confounding rockabilly album, recorded in the midst of his "up yours, Geffen" phasePayola Blues" hearkens back to the (supposedly) bygone era when the only way to get your song on commercial radio was to bribe the DJ. Read More
Guitar virtuoso Robben Ford has played with Miles Davis, George Harrison, Joni Mitchell and Michael McDonald, but he hasn't become a household name to casual pop-music listeners. Read More
You pay your money, you take your chances. Read More
Earlier this year, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird sold out the State Theatre, his largest local headlining gig to date. Read More
Bethany Larson is the latest in a string of local singer/songwriters with the sort of striking, memorable voice that seems untied to any era, whether it be 2009, 1969 or 1939. Read More
Frank Vignola has won praise from the masters. Read More
It has been 35 years since I last saw Steely Dan perform. 35 years! Read More
Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the '70s. Fagen's solo work ... Read the full Donald Fagen bio.