Michael Franti and Spearhead (music group)

No shoes, no shirt, no problem. That's a Kenny Chesney song, but it may as well have served as the collective mantra for the rain-soaked first-day festivities Saturday at the Tortuga Music Festival at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park. It's no problem for...

When the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival puts its world-class lineup of country, rock and reggae acts in front of more than 25,000 fans on Fort Lauderdale beach next month, the big draw will be Grammy-winning headliner Kenny Chesney. But it is two...

When the Tortuga Music Festival debuts on Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on April 13-14, it will do so with a seasoned sea dog as one of its headliners: Kenny Chesney, the man whose salty songs (“Guitars and Tiki Bars,” All I Want for Christmas Is...

    Preserving the awesome majesty of the ocean is the admirable goal of the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival, April 13-14 on Fort Lauderdale beach. But no one will think less of you if your primary focus is the music.     Country star Kenny Chesney, up-...

1) Weezer, $35. Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville. 2) Michael Franti and Spearhead, $35. Thurs. 8 p.m. Calvin Theatre and Performing Arts Center, Northampton. 3) Tower of Power, $55-$75. Thurs. 6:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Infinity Music Hall &...

5 a.m. Jane Says by Jane's Addiction How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) by Marvin Gaye Word Up by Cameo Dancing In The Dark by Bruce Springsteen When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads Another One Bites The Dust by...

Michael Franti & Spearheadwith Grace Potter & the Nocturnals June 27, 6 p.m. (Gates at 5 p.m.),Ives Concert Park, 43 Lake Avenue Ext., Danbury, (203) 794-1117, www.ivesconcertpark.com   When most musicians find themselves with a couple of days off...

Guitar maker C. F. Martin & Co. of Upper Nazareth Township, which this spring announced its sponsorship of a series of concerts to benefit video channel Vh1's Save The Music Foundation, announced another sponsorship of a national benefit. Martin said........