1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (546+ words) Writer-director John Carney has returned with another uplifting musical comedy, Power Ballad, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. In the film, Rudd stars as Rick Power, a past-his-prime wedding singer who meets fading boy-band star Danny Wilson, played by Jonas,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1068+ words) If you ask those around him, they will tell you that Daniel Estrada lives for music. "He spends a majority of his life with music, I mean, probably 10 hours a day," said Scott Black, the co-director of Tucson Jazz Institute,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (668+ words) A trio of Latin rap legends is going old school at the AVA at Casino del Sol on Friday, June 5. We're not talking about old as in elderly, although Marco Cardenas" aka MC Magic " admits he and his "Latin Legacy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1306+ words) Chris O'Dell describes herself this way: "I wasn't famous. I wasn't almost famous. But I was there." O'Dell's new podcast debuted May 19. The first guest was Pattie Boyd, the former English model whose first husband was George Harrison and whose…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (586+ words) Several artists who were scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair, an event tied to US President Donald Trump's America 250 celebrations, have withdrawn. Freedom 250 had recently announced the initial lineup for the concert series, which is set to…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (858+ words) The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind campus will keep the lights on at the Berger Performing Arts Center following a one-year lease agreement with Saguaro City'Music Theatre. ASDB announced in January that Berger would close June…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (447+ words) There's something about the sound of six or seven brass players blasting in unison, interrupted by the steady thump of percussion, to create this sonic wall that enters your ears, pounds your heart and ignites your feet to move in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (362+ words) Electric violinist Mark Wood is collaborating with Tucson Pops Orchestra and TUSD student musicians to bring 'Mark Wood Trans-Siberian Symphony Experience' to Rialto Theatre. The Tucson Pops Orchestra's annual Memorial Day concert, the springtime "Music Under the Stars" series finale…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (133+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. The Wildcast: What went wrong for Arizona softball and how can it be fixed? VIDEO: Salpointe Catholic wins the 4 A state softball championship at Hillenbrand Stadium VIDEO: Ricky Hunley and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (317+ words) VIENNA " Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time Saturday in a final overshadowed by five countries' boycott over Gaza, claiming a dramatic victory despite another big public vote for Israel that secured it second place. "Bangaranga," sung…...