Chris Bieri is an Alaska Dispatch News copy editor. He writes occasionally about music and entertainment.
The Ballroom Thieves have won over fans, with comparisons to the Avett Brothers and The Head and The Heart. They'll be accompanied by South Anchorage High School orchestra for a performance Sept. 22.
Fresh off Salmonfest, the band will end its weeklong Alaska tour with a performance Friday at Williwaw and Saturday at 49th State Brewing in Healy.
The new album “Mother Carries,” recorded in January, is quintessential Harm -- plush, mysterious and unpredictable.
Andrew Vait and Emily Westman will showcase the full range of their musical chops during performances in Homer and Anchorage this week.
Despite being a decade old, Spenard Jazz Fest has flown under the radar of many local music fans. Along the way, it's developed some intriguing quirks and eccentricities.
Aaron Redner went through conservatory and thought he’d eventually play in a classical orchestra. Then he started going to Grateful Dead shows.
With his recently released series “The Firn Line,” Evan Phillips -- best known for fronting the rock band The Whipsaws -- is telling the stories of climbers who inspired him as well as a new generation of trailblazers.
Poet Shane Koyczan, who will tour Alaska this week, is known for “To This Day,” a powerful and harrowing account of the terrors of bullying.
Clinton Fearon, who first made his mark with The Gladiators in the '70s, will headline April's First Tap.
Using traditional string band instrumentation, there’s nowhere the group isn’t willing to take its music: jazz, pop, soul, even hip-hop.
Nearly 37 years after being part of Alaska’s greatest Outside musical spectacle, Bob Weir is returning to perform in the state.
The English actor and comedian is making his maiden trip to Alaska, mainly because Cleese does not like the cold.
