Take That

Despite a budget crunch that could force layoffs of dozens of city police and firefighters, $250,000 of Warren's General Fund budget remains earmarked for spending at Packard Music Hall this year. More than $2.8 million in city funds have been invested to keep the aging entertainment venue afloat...  

The EVSC's sixth-grade band classes are getting an assist from a local fraternity of retired teachers and others interested in music.  

Mark Everett thought this would be easy. Finishing a tour last year with his alt-rock band the Eels, he planned to hole up in the California home he shares with his dog, Bobby, and write his memoir. Long a solitary fellow whose musical universe is populated by charming hang-dog characters and...  

After a check bounced, one band manager filed a theft of services' charge against the ill-fated World United Music Fest.  

Atchafayala Basin Festival . 9 a.m. Car, truck and motorcycle show; catfish cook-off; bingo; live auction; poker run; childrens' games; and live music by Hunter Hayes, Joe Douglas and Bayou Boss Band, Wayne Toups and Zydecajuns and more. Go to atchafalayabasinfestival.com for more information.  

Polka is alive and well at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. John Sens, a senior environment-agricultural sciences and natural resources major at UNL, started Less Talk More Polka, a student polka band, last spring. "We're a group of students who want to have fun together playing music...  

Several area bands and numerous sponsors will team up to produce a massive musical event that is being called A Day In Music.Taking place at the Georgetown Community Center, the event will host six bands, karaoke, Guitar Hero contests, custom T-shirts, food and much more. All proceeds going to...  

SHIRLEY -- City Music has announced the band selections for their Future Stars Fall 2008 Showcase. The bands are made up teens, 18 years and under.  

Five years ago, when I joined the band at Evans Middle School, I had no idea music would become my passion.  

The Lee’s Summit Landmark Entertainment Series is proud to present: Christian comedienne Kelly Sisney and the Christian music group “Letting Go” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 at The Pavilion at John Knox Village, 520 N.W. Murray Rd.in Lee’s Summit.  

A look at the winners at the 28th Annual Buffalo Music Awards, which took place Thursday evening in Coyote's, shows that some familiar faces snagged prizes in both original music and cover band categories, and a number of musicians made their debut in the top slots.  

Hard work and dedication are two essential elements for musicians who want to make it in the music industry. The Eli Young Band has spent the last eight years touring around Texas and the South, and they recently released their second album Jet Black And Jealous on Universal South, a brand of...  

DANBURY-- There must be a reason why some music, no matter how you classify or categorize it, seems to stand up over the years, centuries in some cases. The simplest explanation I have is that it sounds good, always did and always will.Harvesting a bumper crop of homespun and traditional tunes...  

Hey, Allen Krantz admits it. He started playing the guitar to get girls. He was a teenager, rock bands were cool and, well, the guitarist in the band was really cool.But eventually, the rock band made way for another love: classical music."I had taken piano and violin lessons when I was a kid, so...  

Visualize yourself picking up a CD in a record store and just walking out. Sound familiar? Well hopefully not, but soon this act may be the norm. According to a hardworking, independent band from Los Angeles, there will be a time when all music is…free. The two-man band, The Suicide Denial, is...