Harry Chapin

“I bring the people and places of America to life through song,” Dabbs said. Many of his songs are inspired by the Johnstown area, such as The Day the Rumors Came True, a haunting tale of the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889, or Cambria Bells,...

You know how you sometimes watch an amazing movie that puts your emotions on a rollercoaster ride? That happened with me in this documentary, but not in the way I would’ve preferred. I had moments of being angry at the record industry. They...

Dan LeFranc's penchant for playing with time and memory within the confines of family life first got a local airing last year in "The Big Meal," which won raves in its world premiere with American Theater Company (a New York production at Playwrights...

After having just a single sold-out show in its first six months of operation, Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest appears to have hit a stride. Wilson Phillips, who played Dec. 8 and 9 at Musikfest Cafe In the month and a......

Musikfest Café, which has had a run of sellout shows lately after having just one ion its first six months of operation, has had another ticket-sales milestone. It has had its first show sell out in advance. The Jan. 6......

Pesky J. Nixon 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Anna Liffey's, 17 Whitney Ave. $12. (203) 773-1776, ctfolk.com.   Why does any given band play the kind of music they play? While it's not feasible for every musician to competently respond to this question (that...

Jeff Daniels got raved reviews for his performance in a true story – Gettysburg. A year later followed it up with Dumb & Dumber. Jesse Eisenberg got an Oscar nomination for the true story -- The Social Network -- and followed it up with 30...

It was intended to be a "throwaway" song, the seldom-played B-side of a 45-rpm record produced in a New York recording studio in 1969. Instead, it became an A-side No. 1 hit single for a band called Steam, a song whose simple but catchy chorus became...

Beloved local singer-songwriter Megon McDonough will astound audiences with her heartfelt songs, rich, engaging voice and humorous stories at an upcoming performance on Sunday, Aug. …...

This Sunday, Steve Martin headlines the final night of the Bluegrass Situation, a four-night festival curated by fellow actor and fellow banjo enthusiast Ed Helms. If it’s anything like the concert Martin did at the same festival last year, you........

ArtsQuest on Wednesday announced the signing of seven more acts for its ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, the four-story, 65,000-square-feet performance venue it plans to open April 30. But it left out of the announcement perhaps the most intriguing...

Reality-show vocal competitions are thought to be designed for newcomers just starting their careers. For West Hartford's Javier Colon, who wowed the judges on NBC's "The Voice" last week, it was a return to the arena for someone whose first job out of...