Music and Concerts

The Imaginary Library of Harford County serves children ages 0-5 with free monthly book deliveries, regardless of family income. (Josie Cosgrove/Courtesy)

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library registers 1,000th Harford County kid for free books

By Shaela Foster

August 28, 2026 at 9:42 a.m.

Since its inception in 2024, the Imagination Library of Harford County has mailed more than...

FILE – Busta Rhymes performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Music Review: Busta Rhymes and J Dilla’s ‘Dillagence II’ sees 2 giants of the genre together again

By Associated Press

August 26, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years ago, in 2006, Detroit producer J...

FILE – Dolly Parton performs at a United Way of America convention in Detroit, Friday, May 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Dolly Parton’s life and career as a country music icon, actor and philanthropist, in photos

By Associated Press

August 25, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.

Willie Nelson takes a bow near the end of Farm Aid 40 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sept. 20, 2025. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune/TNS)

Willie Nelson’s 10 contributions to American culture, from Farm Aid to pigtails

By Tribune News Service

August 25, 2026 at 9:53 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS — Willie Nelson is an American treasure. Not because he’s released a staggering 104...

Zac Cockrell, left, Brittany Howard and Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes perform onstage during Arroyo Seco Weekend on June 24, 2017, at the Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena, California. (Billy Bennight/ZUMA Press/TNS)

Alabama Shakes are rock’s generational bridge that won’t break

By Tribune News Service

August 19, 2026 at 2:28 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — The first time Alabama Shakes came to Los Angeles, Brittany Howard bought...

Usher performs during a Prince tribute at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020, left, and Chris Brown performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 25, 2017. (AP Photo)

Chris Brown, Usher to perform at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium

By Christopher Scarglato

August 17, 2026 at 12:59 p.m.

Chris Brown and Usher will serenade Baltimore at M&T Bank Stadium this coming October, the...

Fans of singer Bonnie Tyler line the streets as her coffin is transported in a hearse back to her former home ahead of her funeral, in Mumbles, Wales, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. The Total Eclipse Of The Heart musician, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, died in hospital in Portugal on July 8 at the age of 75. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Bonnie Tyler fans line the streets of a Welsh village as her coffin is brought home

By Associated Press

August 15, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of fans lined the streets of a seaside Welsh village on...

FILE – Marc Anthony performs the national anthem before an MLS soccer match between Inter Miami CF and Austin FC in Miami, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Marc Anthony, Chayanne and more to play benefit concert for Venezuela and Colombia earthquake relief

By Associated Press

August 12, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Proceeds will support rebuilding homes, restoring schools, and providing mental health support.

FILE – Honoree Rachel Griffin Accurso (aka Ms. Rachel), and husband Aron Accurso attend the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at The Plaza Hotel, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

YouTube sensation Ms. Rachel announces debut album with Mr. Aron, ‘I’m So Happy’

By Associated Press

August 11, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Parents of toddlers everywhere, prepare yourselves. YouTube sensation...

This image released by the Scottish Opera shows Justin Austin, foreground center, and Susan Bullock, top center, during a performance of “The Galloping Cure,” at Theatre Royal Glasgow on July 28, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Antonia Bain/Scottish Opera via AP)

‘The Galloping Cure,’ Missy Mazzoli’s opera on opioids epidemic, premieres at Edinburgh Festival

By Associated Press

August 11, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

By RONALD BLUM EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Missy Mazzoli’s desire to compose an opera about...

FILE – Morgan Freeman appears at the Los Angeles premiere of “Angel Has Fallen” on Aug. 20, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Blues ‘enthusiast’ Morgan Freeman’s album covers 100 years of the genre

By Associated Press

August 11, 2026 at 3:23 p.m.

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan...

Karol G attends the 68th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026. in Los Angeles. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images/TNS)

Karol G’s new album may just have you crying at the club

By Tribune News Service

August 7, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.

On Friday, the Colombian pop star released her seventh studio album “No Me Arrepiento de...

FILE – A crowd sings, “God Bless America,” as they wait to watch the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Of thee I sing: A guide to US patriotic songs, from ‘The Liberty Song’ to Jay-Z and Kanye West

By Associated Press

August 7, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Even before there was a United States of America, there were patriotic songs.