Music

Tuned: Fantasia finds strength in ‘Side Effects of You’

Chuck Campbell Tuesday, April 23, 2013 ‘‘SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU,” Fantasia (J-Records)Fantasia may be a modern woman by most accounts -- after all, her music career boomed when she won “American Idol” in 2004 -- but maybe she’s an old-... more

Richie Havens, the first performer at Woodstock, dies of heart attack

Mesfin Fekadu Monday, April 22, 2013  Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died today, his family said. He was 72.Havens died of a heart attack, the family said it a statement.... more

Fall Out Boy and Elton John try to save rock ’n’ roll

Mesfin Fekadu Monday, April 22, 2013 NEW YORK — When Fall Out Boy learned that Elton John was a fan of their music, they jokingly thought he might want to record with them. As it turned out, he did.“We were nearly done with the album,”... more

Glen Campbell too ill to tour, but he'll release another album

Chris Talbott Monday, April 22, 2013  NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's disease has progressed too far to allow him to continue touring.Instead, he'll spend his 77th birthday today in Washington as an advocate for... more

Music, Christianity came easily to David Meece

Linda East Brady Monday, April 22, 2013 World-renowned Christian musician and minister David Meece’s music career was launched by Bugs Bunny. When he was 5, Meece saw a Bugs cartoon in which the rascally rabbit was playing a piano —... more

It’s rhyming time at local libraries

Sunday, April 21, 2013 OGDEN — Cowboy Poetry Week will be featured at Weber County Library branches starting Monday, April 22, featuring talented cowboys and cowgirls from throughout Northern Utah.7 p.m. Monday, April 22,... more

WSU String Project puts students onstage

Sunday, April 21, 2013 OGDEN — The Weber State University String Project will present its spring concert program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the Browning Center’s Austad Auditorium on campus, 3848 Harrison Blvd.... more

‘You Are the Music’ free choir performance

Saturday, April 20, 2013 OGDEN — The Box Elder Symphonic Choir performs a spring concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21.The free program, called “You Are the Music,” will be at the Brigham City Tabernacle, 250 S. Main. The event... more

Joe McQueen plays benefit for African-American film festival bearing his name

Linda East Brady Friday, April 19, 2013 For some time now, Godfrey and Delores Bey have wanted to start a film festival in their adopted hometown of Ogden. The idea was to come up with a festival celebrating the artistic contributions of... more

Rush, Heart, Randy Newman now among rock's hall of famers

Derrik J. Lang Friday, April 19, 2013 LOS ANGELES -- Rush fans can relax. The band is now officially in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.The Canadian rockers were welcomed into the musical fraternity at Thursday's 28th annual induction... more