Music

Electronic dance music and hip-hop were featured at the energetic Sundown Solstice event an organizer said was years in the making.

Craigie plays Thursday in Talkeetna, followed by a pair of weekend shows in Hope.

Opening in Tulsa next week, the Bob Dylan Center will make public more than 100,000 artifacts from one of the greatest living artists.

“American Idol” winner Chayce Beckham and “America’s Got Talent” champ Darci Lynne are among the artists set to perform.

Eminem, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Duran Duran and Pat Benatar also were inducted.

The music played on as musicians mourned the country legend while also celebrating three other inductees: Ray Charles, Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake.

Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.

The Grammy winners from Louisiana played two shows without founder and fiddle player Doucet ended up in a Fairbanks hospital.

Jon Batiste won album of the year honors for “We Are” at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, giving him five trophies on a night that saw the ‘70s funk of Silk Sonic take record of the year and song of the year and newcomer Olivia Rodrigo take three awards.

The singer-songwriter will perform her song “The Story” live on Monday’s broadcast.

Several Grammy Awards performers such as Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste have a chance to carve their names in the show’s history books Sunday.

There were no immediate details about how Hawkins died, though the band said in a statement Friday that his death was a “tragic and untimely loss.”

Folk jam band Caamp and country acts the Brothers Osborne and Chris Janson are also scheduled to perform, the fair announced Thursday.

The country music icon has announced she is pulling out of this year’s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hasn’t “earned that right.”

Artists say they worry not just about how little Spotify pays but also that the money the company generates with their music is being used to support podcasts like Rogan’s.

After a slow start and mixed reviews, “Bat Out of Hell” became one of the top-selling albums in history.

Struggling to constantly promote herself online, Cutler posted that she’d rather just be a musician and a performer. Artists everywhere told her they feel the same way.

Ronnie Spector, whose towering voice propelled indelible early 1960s hit records including “Be My Baby,” “Baby, I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain,” died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer.

The ceremony had been scheduled for Jan. 31 in Los Angeles with a live audience and performances.

In what may be the largest deal ever inked for a single musician’s body of work, Bruce Springsteen has reportedly sold his publishing catalog to Sony for $500 million.

Nesmith was a struggling singer-songwriter in September 1966 when “The Monkees” television debut turned him and fellow band members Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and David Jones into overnight rock stars.

In Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary, Paul McCartney writes “Get Back” in a number of minutes. Many musicians felt validated.

The “Get Back” documentary series is a slog that only one band could get away with.