New York • When he first started working with Imagine Dragons, music producer Alex da Kid was looking for some inspiration for the Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

Mountain Pointe High School’s wind ensemble and percussion concert will also feature a silent auction to raise money for their Keep the Beat Going fundraiser this Thursday, April 11.

Critics have dubbed Dwight Yoakam a music sponge for transcending the country genre and absorbing different musical styles, making his brand of hip, honky-tonk music accepted among rock audiences. His latest album -- his first original recording in seven years -- is a testament to that.

Ahwatukee Music Maker Workshops has summer camps for all levels to get kids rocking, moving and mastering music.

Downtown Chandler’s nice most anytime, but it’ll be a particularly good spot to while away a few hours April 5-6.

The pilot had just given the all-clear for electronic devices, which left me free to rummage under the seat in front of me for my laptop. I was taking a moment to consider the barbarism that allows airline passengers to push their seats back into my head when the kindly older woman next to me inquired if I was on a business trip. I think the PowerPoint deck and the calculator I pulled out of my briefcase tipped her off.

It’s no surprise that Chelsea Bain has been attending NASCAR races since she was 5 years old. Her dad, Emmett “Buddy” Jobe, brought NASCAR to Phoenix International Raceway in 1987. Now, Bain is more involved in NASCAR than she ever has been, but not as a spectator — as a rockin’ country musician.

The Ahwatukee Brass Quintet will play the National Anthem at its first spring training game this week in Scottsdale.

Jim Heath doesn't worry that his style of music will go out of style.

You know him as Luke Duke from “The Dukes of Hazzard,” but what you may not know about Tom Wopat, one of the two lead actors from the classic 1980s TV show, is that aside from his history of driving around the General Lee and foiling Boss Hogg’s latest scheme, he and his former co-star John Schneider are also accomplished musicians.

This time of year, we rack up chances to get outside as if we’re keeping score; we know we’ll be dying for such opportunities come summertime.

Tucked away in the heart of San Tan Valley, The Good Life Festival – a multi-event, season-long gathering at Encanterra Country Club – regularly puts a focus on food, wine and music.

During his first period class, Josh Thye conducted Desert Vista High School’s top wind ensemble Thursday morning as they worked through a crinkle in the song “Shooting Stars.”

Friends for Life Animal Rescue to host and be the beneficiary of an annual special dinner and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at The Buttes, A Marriott Resort, 2000 Westcourt Way, in Tempe.

Mountain Pointe High School’s band and parent boosters will be hosting a series of fundraisers in and around Ahwatukee Foothills this spring to raise money for a New Jersey school’s music department destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

Today we're going to deviate from the train videos and bring a little more music to the channel. When I was living in Arizona for about 2 years, this was my stress relief, playing fun concert band music with the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band: www.afcband.org This was recorded at the annual 4th of July Rodeo in Prescott, Arizona. We played in front of the courthouse that was used in the back to the future films. This chart was a complation of 12 beatles charts including: All My Lovin', Hard Days Night, Ticket to Ride, Yesterday, Norwegian Wood, Got to Get You Into My Life, Here There and Everywhere, The Fool on the Hill, Penny Lane, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Lady Madonna, and Something. It's very easy to find me, just listen for the Xylophone and Bells. I was this groups mallet percussionist.

Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond — James Bond. What do they have in common?

Desert Vista High School’s wind ensemble received a $1,000 award from local radio station 94.5 KOOL FM in partnership with Fulton Homes last week.

In its biggest event of the year, Desert Vista High School’s orchestra will be accompanied by the symphonic band, guitar classes, and the Pointe Club for the annual holiday concert next week.

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Desert Vista High School’s Wind Ensemble is doing its part to live up to the school’s mission of inspiring a community of learning by demonstrating excellence in arts.

Through Dec. 24

Even people without coffee tables enjoy coffee table books as gifts, especially if they’re thoughtfully chosen rather than hastily snatched from a store shelf at the last minute.

The festival and fundraiser has been at the middle school for 15 years, and will include food, music, games, and prizes to support teachers.

The United States Air Force Concert Band will make a stop in Tempe at Arizona State University on the last leg of its two-week tour though California and Arizona.