‘More than just entertainment’: Whistling Swan celebrates 25 years of bringing folk music to Alaska
Husband and wife duo Mike McCormick and Katy Spangler have booked over 300 artists to perform about 500 shows across Southcentral Alaska.
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Known for viral music videos, OK Go promises Alaska shows will defy ‘conventional categorization’
They became famous dancing on treadmills and making a music video in zero gravity. Now, the adventurous band is headed to Fairbanks and Anchorage.
A devastating and credible ‘Leaving Neverland’ will turn you off Michael Jackson for good
In HBO’s two-part film, Wade Robson and James Safechuck come forward with details they’ve bottled up for decades.
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra presents showcase of music ‘Made in America’
The night will include Joan Tower’s “Made in America,” Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 and Van Cliburn medalist Daniel Hsu’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s third piano concerto
Anchorage Museum launches record label to convey the sounds of the North
The museum just released its first album on Unbound Records, and another is slated for later this year.
Anchorage Opera’s ‘An American Dream’ explores dark chapter in U.S. history with story of Japanese internment
Two women - one a German Jewish immigrant, the other Japanese American - are brought together and transformed through loss and perseverance in Anchorage Opera’s second mainstage performance of the season
Norah Jones to perform in Anchorage, Juneau this summer
Jones will perform Friday, Aug. 2 at the Bear Tooth Theatrepub in Anchorage after playing a July 31 show at Juneau’s Centennial Hall
Award-winning Hawaiian artist Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole brings ‘universality of hula’ to Anchorage
To many in Western culture, hula is seen as performance art — but to Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole, it’s a way of life.
International Guitar Night brings flamenco, gypsy jazz and something entirely new to Anchorage
One of the musicians, Luca Stricagnoli, will perform on a three-necked guitar in a concert that crosses cultural borders
Dustbowl Revival and Hot Club of Cowtown present tribute concert to classic rock group The Band
The groups will perform a 50th anniversary tribute to The Band this weekend in Fairbanks and Anchorage called “Across the Great Divide.”
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter back in Alaska
Called one of the “great living songwriters,” Ritter will close his Northwest tour in Anchorage and Palmer
‘Silent Night’: How a beloved Christmas carol was born of war and disaster 200 years ago
The enduring song was first played on Christmas Eve 1818 in an Austrian church on the heels of war and a global climate calamity
‘Shallow’ could clinch major awards, plus 8 other big takeaways from the Grammy nominations
This year’s Grammy nominations are the usual mix of predictable and confounding.
‘Best experience of my life’: The musicians of Celtic Woman are living the dream
The popular Irish musical group returns to Anchorage as part of the “Best of Christmas Tour.”
Anchorage-rooted band Termination Dust gets call to play South By Southwest music festival
The band, which toured this fall with Modest Mouse, formed in Anchorage.
Hope Social Club plans to go out with a bang - but they’ll be back
Singer-songwriter Melissa Mitchell, a key member of the band, is moving to Hawaii. They’ll perform three shows to close out the year in Girdwood.
Three new Alaska albums - including a quick follow-up from Medium Build
Featuring three questions with Medium Build and new music from Ryan Bowers and Stevi Morton.
State of Alaska ‘hold’ music to feature Portugal. The Man
Five songs with Alaska ties are in the rotation.
Roy Clark, dead at 85, was a country guitar virtuoso and star of TV’s ‘Hee Haw’
Clark’s skills brought him gigs as guest performer with many top orchestras, including the Boston Pops. In 1976 he headlined a tour of the Soviet Union, breaking boundaries that were usually closed to Americans.
Alaska hip-hop artists featured in documentary ‘Definition of Resilience’
The documentary series by two Native filmmakers follows eight indigenous hip-hop artists from throughout the U.S.