Music

Aretha lifts 'heavy hearts' at Radio City Music Hall

Hillel Italie Monday, February 20, 2012 NEW YORK -- Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive Saturday night and thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston.Hours after she canceled an appearance at Houston's funeral because of... more

Symphonic band offers ‘Minstrels of the Kells’

Monday, February 20, 2012 OGDEN — “Minstrels of the Kells” is one of the featured tunes performed by the WSU Symphonic Band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Austad Auditorium of the Browning Center, on the Weber State University... more

High school bands prepare for battle

Linda East Brady Monday, February 20, 2012 The Standard-Examiner Battle of the Bands, which invites area high schoolers to face off musically in front of their peers, is entering its ninth year.Ogden's Music Village, which has partnered with... more

Didjeridu sounds coming to library

Sunday, February 19, 2012 OGDEN — “The Didjeridu: Sounds of the Outback” will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday in the Weber County Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave. Randin Graves, a California native now living in Salt Lake City,... more

Cissy Houston: 'When you were born, the Holy Spirit told me that you would not be with me long'

Nekesa Mumbi Moody Saturday, February 18, 2012 NEWARK, N.J. -- After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston's funeral came down to... more

Out & About: 'I Like It Like That'

Rachel Badali Friday, February 17, 2012 Hot Chelle Rae, with the platinum single "I Like It Like That," kicked off the band's first headlining tour and stopped at Salt Lake City's In The Venue on Wednesday.The band includes Ryan Follese on... more

Hundreds honor Don Cornelius' legacy

Anthony McCartney Friday, February 17, 2012 LOS ANGELES -- Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his "Soul Train," demolishing barriers of race and... more

L.A. Philharmonic show to air Saturday in Layton

Friday, February 17, 2012 LAYTON — A live broadcast of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing in Caracas, Venezuela, will air Saturday at a Layton movie theater.The orchestra presents Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 — “... more

Musicians rally for ailing friend

Linda East Brady Thursday, February 16, 2012 The musicians of Northern Utah are like family. They play and love and laugh and bicker. But when one of their own hits hard times, everyone circles the wagons and pitches in to help.Dicky Martinez,... more

Whitney Houston funeral will stream live on the Internet

Nekesa Mumbi Moody Thursday, February 16, 2012 They won't be there in person, but Whitney Houston's millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet and... more