Bette Killeen carried two scrapbooks to her kitchen table to show what singing with different chapters of Sweet Adelines International has meant. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Heart of Highland Sweet Adeline Chorus announces that Showcase Showdown and In The Mix will perform at the chorus's "Big Band Serenade" on Sunday, Feb. 8 at the SFCC Auditorium in Avon Park. ...more

January 30, 2009

At 82, Jack Rickert's life is full of music. And he would it have no other way. ...more

May 17, 2008

Chief Magnetic Field Stephin Merritt wasn't kidding when he named this album "Distortion." The first seconds of the album could be a 1985 Jesus and Mary Chain outtake and the rest sounds as if the JAMC's "Psychocandy" album might be spinning idly in the background. ...more

January 17, 2008

Tampa raises the curtain on what may be the world's most popular opera. ...more

November 15, 2007

The first to audition this evening is a baritone and computer consultant of 51 who has tried and failed twice before. He is wearing a blue blazer that offsets his pale expression of calm terror. It is time to stand naked, vocally speaking; it is time to sing. ...more

November 4, 2007

LIARS: LIARS (MUTE) *** Liars traveled from 'hot' to 'challenging' to 'impenetrable' over the course of its first three albums. Accessible might not seem like the next logical stop, but after 2006's 'Drum's Not Dead,' there likely wasn't anywhere else to go except completely over the edge. ...more

November 2, 2007