Music

Experience a broad range of handbell musical styles and crowd pleasing popular songs in a series of concerts by Bells of the Bluffs Handbell Ensemble and friends. The season begins with a pair of concerts in two locations featuring music by Bells of the Bluffs and Roberts Congregational...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal jury deliberated about five hours Thursday before deciding that Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Brainerd, Minn., mother of four, should pay more than $1.9 million for willfully downloading and sharing 24 copyrighted songs. The dollar amount is about nine times what...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jammie Thomas-Rasset testified Tuesday in U.S. District Court that she could have settled her case with the Recording Industry of America by paying the record companies $5,000. The RIAA accuses her of downloading and distributing 24 copyrighted recordings on the KaZaA...

"OK, let's smoke!" And an audible "yes!" comes up somewhere in the room. Ordinarily, it would be a bad idea for a teacher to make such a suggestion. But when Randall Ferguson does it in his eighth grade explorations in music class, well, it's just plain... cool. Next thing you...

The initial 2009 Apple River Country Splash line up was announced in November, but now more acts have been added. Apple River Country Splash has announced that Travis Tritt and Darius Rucker were added to the line-up, which includes Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum,...

Some programs offered by Farmington's community education draw a big crowd. Some don't. Some survive. Some do not. Certainly, with more than 50 kids enrolled after just two sessions, the district's new music academy is well on its way to being a favorite. Music Academy started...

No charges are expected in the death of a young Wisconsin woman during a music festival near Detroit Lakes, Minn., last week, said Becker County Sheriff Tim Gordon. Gordon said if something such as alcohol is involved, it would be impossible to determine where it came from, given...