At the time of their farewell show in October 2015, Bad Cactus Brass Band were playing 150 shows a year in metro Phoenix, from rock clubs to RV parks, farms, parades and public pools. “It was nuts,” ...

People love parades where they can ooh and ah over the colorful and unique floats, see the mounted horse riders, and perhaps some baton twirlers. But for some of us, it is the bands that draw our ...

Denise Tanguay had no idea what to think the first time she saw Burning Bush referred to as forerunners of the Riot Grrrl movement that flourished in the early '90s, driven by feminist punks as iconic ...

In some ways, choice is an especially vital element of Phoenix band Let Alone. Like, if the Phoenix experimental rock band hadn’t decided to pull the trigger at a most precarious time in history, ...

PHOENIX — A Phoenix native is combining two of his seemingly different passions: the Phoenix Suns and regional Mexican music. Emanuel Coria is a longtime fan of the city’s NBA squad. That’s why when ...

PHOENIX — Swedish rock band Ghost announced Monday it’s coming back to haunt a Phoenix amphitheater this summer. Ghost is coming to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (formerly Ak-Chin Pavilion) on ...

December also brings Phoenix concerts by Leon Thomas, Leann Rimes, Colter Wall, Osamason, Tucker Wetmore, Turnpike Troubadours and Roger Clyne.

Sixteen years on and nine studio albums in, Tempe band The Maine are still finding ways to evolve their sound. This summer, the indie rock quintet – lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist John ...

In the back row, from left, are students Mason Lange, Zachary Thompson, Larissa Semanchuk-Enser and Brian Breen. In the front, from left, are band director Nicholas Gerling; assistant band director ...