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Wolf Trap Has Hot Summer Ahead

The Wolf Trap Performing Arts summer season is going to be one to remember, as the Filene Center will be hosting some of the biggest names in music, including Sting, Diana Ross, John Legend and many, many more.  One of the goals of putting together any Wolf Trap season is to try to have something […]

Rick Springfield Still Going Strong

It’s not wrong to call Rick Springfield a renaissance man. Over a career that started more than four decades ago, Springfield has sold more than 25 million records, charted 17 top-40 hits, appeared as heartthrob Noah Drake on “General Hospital,” starred in the movie “Hard to Hold” and wrote both a best-selling autobiography and a […]

10,000 Maniacs Performing at Birchmere

The March 20 show at the Birchmere has been postponed. With a long list of hits including “Because The Night,” “These are the Days,” “Jealousy,” “Like the Weather” and “More than This,” 10,000 Maniacs has plenty to celebrate as they embark on a new tour in 2020 that will make a stop at the Birchmere […]

Magic City Hippies

Starting 2020 with a Bang The indie-electronic trio of Robby Hunter, Pat Howard and John Coughlin have made big names of themselves in Miami’s music scene with their band, Magic City Hippies. The band is coming off of a transformative 2019, which saw them release their much-heralded debut full-length release “Modern Animal,” and play numerous […]

Country Star Sara Evans Is Family Focused

Country star Sara Evans has enjoyed a prolific recording career and is one of the most compelling female vocalists of her generation, with hits such as “Born to Fly,” “Suds in the Bucket” and “A Little Bit Stronger.” She’s released eight critically acclaimed studio albums and her last—“Words”—was named among Billboard and Rolling Stone’s favorite […]

On the Heels of a New Album, Bruce Hornsby Heads to Wolf Trap This Summer

While Bruce Hornsby may be best known for his series of radio hits from his days leading Bruce Hornsby and the Range, when songs like “The Way it Is” and “Mandolin Rain” were staples on pop radio, the eclectic vocalist-pianist has spent the past few decades moving in and out of different genres. Over the years, Hornsby […]

Robin Trower Set for Birchmere Gig

Long known as one of the great innovators of rock guitar, Robin Trower has been electrifying audiences with his axe playing for more than 50 years.  Now 74, the guitarist first burst on the national music scene with Procol Harum, appearing on the band’s first five albums from 1967-1971. He next formed his own power trio in 1973 […]

If the name Garrett Dutton is unfamiliar to you, perhaps you know him better by his musical moniker as lead singer of G. Love & Special Sauce, which brought songs like “Cold Beverage” and “Baby’s Got Sauce” to mainstream music in the early ’90s.  “My goal was to be an acoustic solo performer but when I met […]