Hailing from the Chicago-area, Umphrey's MCgee, a band known for its hard rock, spaced out jams and intense climaxes has surprised fans once again with its new album, Mantis, A one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign has been...

I'd like to share an amazing experience I had at a Latin Grammy event on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, where my son, Peter Parente, played guitar.

I've started to get nostalgic already, even before the festival ends. There's so many things to love about being surrounded by so much good energy, new music, giving people, eccentricity, art and innovation. If you've...

The yellow leaves blanket the ground beneath the swaying rainbow of hammocks sprawled across Purple Hat Amphitheater here at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. Woven, nylon, two-seaters and contraptions more fancy than my bed dot the tapered steps leading to the stage where Tim Reynolds is playing right now.

We arrived and set up a tent around 4 p.m., just in time to catch the last two songs of Legendary J.C.'s. Eugene Snowden, energetic funk-gospel inspiration, tells the crowd "I'm going to play one song for you for the next 17 minutes. If you don't want to hear it, move closer." The dancing kids in front laughed, and Snowden responded with a belt of his Otis Redding-like chops.