Leon News

By Clive Young and Chris Walsh. New York --The passing of Michael Jackson on Thursday left his millions of fans in a state of shock and dismay.

Guy Charbonneau's remote recording studio, Le Mobile, was once again at the MTV Movie Awards this year.

Imagine Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Etta James venturing into a magical forest to become musical blood sisters.

By Terri Heard -- Publishers Weekly, 5/18/2009 4:44:00 PM The venue was new and the main speaker, filmmaker Kevin Grevioux, had to cancel but the spirit of conviviality was undimmed at the 20009 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention held May 16 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia.

GALVESTON ISLAND, TXa 'The Tremont House, a Wyndham Historic Hotel and Historic Hotel of America, will reopen June 1 following the restoration of its first level, which suffered flooding last year during Hurricane Ike.

Two Cattaraugus County residents are under arrest, a 17-year-old Amish youth for drinking beer while driving in his buggy Monday night and a 22-year-old man for providing him with the beer.

LEON, N.Y. - Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed a teenager for having beer in his horse-drawn buggy when they pulled him over on a western New York road.

Big Sam's Funky Nation, one of New Orleans' most energetic brass bands, had a crowd of thousands on its feet at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, the second day of the outdoor music fest.

Bon Jovi to headline jazz fest. April 23, 2009 03:58 PM ET Only about 350 people attended the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970, and that number included gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the other 100 or so local musicians who performed.

The 2009-10 programming of "Arena Restaged," the series of works by Arena Stage in locations beyond its under-construction headquarters, has been announced.

The closing of their church was among the more devastating of events to have struck the congregants of Our Lady Queen of Angels in East Harlem, yet many of them say that, in retrospect, they would not have had ...

It's been a big year for Kings of Leon. Since the release of their fourth studio album, Only by the Night , last October, the Memphis foursome are finally experiencing the success in the U.S. that they've long ...

A GUY THING: In between production of a Rumble Strips album and a remix of King of Leon works, music meister Mark Ronson took a day off to attend the Gucci show - given his newfound passion for clothes.

Too bad Ponce de Leon didn't live in 21st century New York City. He may not have found the Fountain of Youth, but he would have at least gotten a book deal.

Did pop music go into hibernation during the last third of 2008? It sure seems that way.

A Leon man was arrested Wednesday night after he allegedly fired guns outside a house on Route 62, Cattaraugus County sheriff's officials said.