Music4 Concerts to Check Out This Weekend (January 23-25)
This weekend’s live-music roundup features a beloved Valley music event and full-orchestra sci-fi masterpiece
This weekend’s live-music roundup features a beloved Valley music event and full-orchestra sci-fi masterpiece
Ahead of the next Mill Music Sessions concert on January 31 (benefiting Tempe Sister Cities), we sat down with Eland to discuss the origins of the series and the evolution of live music in Tempe.
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres around the Valley. This week features plenty of shows to help you ring in the New Year.
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres around the Valley. This week’s column features performers who put their own spin on today’s hits.
In the meantime, we talk good tunes, good food and good times with Wheelwright and Dana Armstrong, co-owner of The Dirty Drummer.
Arizona’s biggest and most prestigious home-grown music festival is going big – like, pre-pandemic big – in 2025.
Grab your blue jeans and cowboy hats for a boot-scootin’ good time
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres around the Valley. This week’s column features one act from the ’80s and several bands inspired by that decade’s music.
The sixth annual Mesa Music Festival is making a major post-pandemic comeback. After a three-year hiatus, the free-to-the-public, three-day festival returns to downtown Mesa Thursday, April 13 through Saturday, April 15. A truly jam-packed weekend, the event will feature more than 200 performances by local and international artists and offers food and art from local vendors along the block of Main and MacDonald streets. The festival has a freewheeling structure, where attendees can hop from...
Phoenix indie band ReRuns joins us to debate an array of pop culture phenomena.
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres all around the Valley. A diverse lineup this week includes African interpretations of bluegrass music, a celebration of Motown, psychedelic rock, regional Mexican music, and off-the-cuff country. Pascal Bokar Afro Blue Grazz Band Monday, August 9 at The Nash Wednesday, August 11 at Ottowa University Musician Pascal Bokar, born in France and raised in Senegal, West Africa, leads eleven...
Nate Garrett devoted himself to metal after seeing a clip of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” on VH1 in middle school. More than two decades later, Divided by Darkness, the second album from his band Spirit Adrift, was awarded an 8.1 rating on Pitchfork (trust us, that’s good). The Phoenix-based guitarist and songwriter spoke with us about the record. You grew up in Oklahoma and lived in Arkansas. How did you find your way to Arizona? I...
Phoenix native Taylor Upsahl recently signed to a major label and booked a gig at Lollapalooza. She's also had some work done – on her name, that is.
Looking for some live music to enliven your pre- and post-Fourth of July revelry? Here are some weeknight options to weigh.