Berklee taps African talent

Victor Dogah bobs his head and smiles, quickly getting the hang of the Puerto Rican rhythm written on the whiteboard behind his professor.

L. Kent Wolgamott: Summer heats up with shows you shouldn’t miss

The year 2009 has crossed the midway line, and I’ve seen some fine shows in the first six months of the year.

Record Reviews: UUVVWWZ and Jayhawks

The amusingly named Lincoln band re-releases its remixed, remastered debut album today through Saddle Creek Records.

It's been 40 years since '2525'

Forty years ago this week, the biggest hit to ever come out of Lincoln made it onto the Billboard Top 40.

UUVVWWZ’s band name and rock sound gets attention from Omaha label

Little more than two years old, the hard-to-say, easy-to-love Lincoln rockers UUVVWWZ have a shot at big fat national recognition.

Review: Ember Schrag, "A Cruel, Cruel Woman"

Let's be honest -- it's easy automatically to file away many singer-songwriters into a big collective blob of boring guitar strums and lukewarm teardrops. Ember Schrag is a singer-songwriter, through and throu

Michael Jackson, 'King of Pop,' dead at 50

A person with knowledge of the situation says Michael Jackson has died.

Record reviews: Pete Yorn

It’s easy for an old Yorn fan to be a little disappointed on the first listen of “Back & Fourth.”

Clawfoot is a salon, music venue - and a home

The duplex at 11th and F streets has become more than home to her and her micro community. It's also a hangout, artists' haven and concert venue.

Record reviews: Elvis Costello, Paolo Nutini, Dave Matthews Band

Elvis Costello goes country again and teams up with producer T-Bone Burnett again on this ballad-heavy set of tunes.

Record reviews: Iggy Pop and Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses

Hand it to Iggy Pop, he still has the capacity to surprise if not shock. In the case of "Preliminaires," the 15th solo album from his Popness, Iggy defies expectations from the first French sylla

Record reviews: Marcio Local, Ben Lee, The Disciplines and Cam'Ron

Adventures in Samba Soul”: My Portuguese is nonexistent, so I’ve got no idea what Marcio Local is singing about on “Says Don Day Don Dree Don Don.”

Record reviews: Steven Pasquale, Samantha Cain and Susan Marshall

Most of us know Steven Pasquale as the goofball firefighter Sean Garrity on Denis Leary’s drama “Rescue Me” on FX.

Record reviews: Booker T. and Tinted Windows

There’s no mistaking the cool, funky sound of Booker T. Jones on the Hammond B-3 organ.

Q and A: Little Steven Van Zandt

On March 19, the Journal Star’s L. Kent Wolgamott and Gary Graff of Suburban Newspapers interviewed Little Steven Van Zandt at the Four Seasons hotel in Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Music Conference. This