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Manufacturing and shipping. Brickworkers and railworkers. When incorporated as a city in 1913, Beacon was known for hatmaking.

Carlos Edward Kennedy appears in Mobile County District Court for a bail hearing on Friday, Sept.

President John F. Kennedy addresses a crowd May 18, 1963, during a visit to the Tennessee Valley Authority Muscle Shoals Reservation to mark TVA's 30th anniversary.

Singer Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying during a concert at the Huxleys on November 7, 2012, in Berlin.

More energized and focused than ever before in their near 25-year career, roots-music troubadours Donna the Buffalo will debut their first studio album in five years, Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday, on June 18 via Sugar Hill Records.

If you're looking to start your night a little early Saturday, check out Yourchestra in a matinee show at Coffee Gallery Backstage.

There's lots going on in Jacksonville. Take a peak at our calendar to see how you can make this weekend memorable! t.co/Px85T5XuK6 Retweet this TGIF! Gather the posse and head to HURRICANE GRILLE & WINGS to split some wings and a pitcher of beer.

Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the premiere of "The Moon Is Shining ," a new track by Ritchie Blackmore's band, Blackmore's Night.

REGARDED as one of the most authentic and sensitive performers of Leonard Cohen's poetry and music, Keith James will be in concert at Lyde Court on Friday, May 24, performing The Songs of Leonard Cohen.

North Carolina bluegrass quintet blends the old-fashioned with the contemporary - a and relishes playing a supporting role for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Graham Sharp , Nicky Sanders , Woody Platt , Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Charles R. Humphrey III and Mike Guggino have 46 tour dates scheduled from May through July.

The Festival at Sandpoint announced the line up for this year's annual summer concert series and it doesn't disappoint.

The Hard Road Trio is made up of Steve Smith on mandolin and vocals, Chris Sanders on guitar and vocals, and Anne Luna on bass.

Highlights of the year-round schedule - which will be bolstered in February on the heels of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia - include "Believe," a new drama from J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron; the return of three-time Emmy winner James Spader in action thriller "The Blacklist"; and a comedy lineup that includes new series from "Friday Night ... (more)

Granted, Colorado Springs doesn't always get the best-known musicians coming through, but we'll soon be getting a lot of their offspring.

Singer Peter Yarrow will play a benefit concert in Manhattan this weekend to raise money for a Fair Lawn boy in a need of a bone marrow transplant.

Iconic axeman Ritchie Blackmore and his Blackmore's Night outfit have officially released a new single "The Moon Is Shining " from their upcoming studio release "Dancer and the Moon," Blabbermouth reports.

MOBILE, Alabama - All of the testimony has been presented in the capital murder trial of Carlos Edward Kennedy.

When loss fuels an album, it can play like an open wound. Tender, reflective, and poignant, Patty Griffin's seventh LP, American Kid , honors her late father Lawrence Griffin, a World War II veteran and high school teacher.

Even before the release of her first album in 1996, there was plenty of buzz about Beth Orton.

My dad adored the Seekers. Their swooning, smiling records were among the first I ever heard.