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Local songwriter Luke Cunningham has a knack for crafting solid rock songs. His affinity for classic power-pop and Americana-rock are quite evident on his new solo collection, Heart Pressure .

"My music is informed by things I hear everyday. I hear rhythms and melodies in everyday moments, like when a cash register prints a receipt or a woman is walking with loud shoes or car horns that fit into certain gaps in a conversation on the street." Thomas Hutchings Popular New York City saxophonist/producer Thomas Hutchings has consistently ... (more)

Showtime is 8 p.m.; tickets are $33.80 . JM is on the road supporting its third album, , which came out on Sire last October.

After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream.

I've got a story coming in Sunday's Inquirer A & E section about Linda Chorney, the Sea Bright, N.J. singer-songwriter whose album Emotional Jukebox is improbably up for best Americana album at the Grammy Awards next month in Los Angeles.