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Morocco and southern Spain were favourite destinations when I was a student in Manchester in the 1970s. We could get a cheap package tour flight to Alicante, ditch the package holiday, jump on a bus to Malaga and then onto Algeciras to take a ferry to Tangiers. We left behind the (more often than not) rainy skies of Manchester for the piercing azure of Morocco

The Tony winner for best musical comes to the Ahmanson, 'The Ballad of Johnny and June' starts its run and more news and reviews from the L.A. culture scene.

Booker T. Jones, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of Booker T. & the M.G.s, kicks off the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 2024-25 Concert Series, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11.

On their second album, 'Swaken,' Bab L 'Bluz revamp ritualistic Gnawa music with psych-rock and blues.

Amanda Marshall, Five Alarm Funk among artists announced for July festival

Amanda Marshall, Five Alarm Funk among artists announced for July festival

Banning Eyre reviews Saïd Chalaban's a new EP, Jarama.

The days are getting shorter, but there's no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect, learn and have a good time. We've compiled seven must-do events, including a performance by twin pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton at the University of Vermont Recital Hall in Burlington.

Historically, the most prominent figures in contemporary folk music have — with apologies to occasional exceptions like Odetta, Harry Belafonte and Joan Baez — overwhelmingly been white dudes.

Kurt Thoma had been on the job for all of three months when calamity struck. In April, he was installed as executive director of the...