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Three sure bets for live music this weekend [live music]
Want to take in some live music this weekend? Take your pick? More »
Live & Local
Summer concerts coming to the area
There are lots of big names performing this summer at a stage near you: Panic at the Disco, Tim McGraw, Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Kenny Chesney, and Linkin Park… just to name a few. More »
- Three best bets for live music: May 9-10
- African Children's Choir in town May 9-11
- Fraze adds Kenny Rogers, Rick Springfield to lineup
- Acoustic guitarist Peter Mulvey to take stage Friday at Canal Street
- Rascal Flatts coming to Nutter for rescheduled show on May 10
- Six-hour music event Saturday to benefit local wildlife rehab program
- Fraze annouces lineup for all-day music festival
- Concert lineup announced for Riverblast, parks
- Three-day roots music festival coming to Greene County in May
- Lineup for this summer's 2008 Cityfolk Festival announced
- Backstreet Boys coming to the Fraze this summer among other Fraze events
- Milano's now featuring live music on Saturdays
Music Photos
- Sugarland, Little Big Town fans
- Sugarland, Little Big Town concert photos
- Paramore, Jimmy Eat World fans
- Paramore, Jimmy Eat World concert photos
- Lil' Wayne concert at the Hara Arena
- Carrie Underwood concert photos
- Carrie Underwood concert fan photos
- Party Crashers at the Kid Rock concert
- Nice hat, kid! Photos from the concert
Best Bets: Top upcoming shows
- Women of the '80s featuring the Mary Jane Girls, Evelyn Champagne King and Cherelle at the Capitol
- Tegan and Sara at Bogart's
- Saving Litchfield with A Lovers War, Saving Autumn, Surviving Midnight, All Alliteration Aside and Bluf at The Attic
- Peter Mayer at Canal Street
- Rascal Flatts at Ervin J.
- Kim Waters at Gilly's
- The Gibson Brothers at Canal Street
- Reverend Horton Heat at Newport Music
- The Devil Wears Prada with Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Gwen Stacy with Alone in the Ashes, Deep Dish Rising and Marilyn Avenue at The Attic
- Matt Wertz at The Basement,
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Dayton Music Scene
Find a local band you'll like
Did you know that if you like the big-name band Death Cab for Cutie, you'll probably like the Dayton-based band Towhee? Check out our match-up tool to find the local band that matched your taste. More »
Local band and musician profiles
Great music is being made in Dayton. Meet some of the people who are making it — from indie to blues to rap. More »
Featured artist: Ruckus Roboticus says his sound mixes Deee-Lite and Beck. We couldn't make that up. More »
Dig through Dayton's music history with these albums
Dayton has a rich musical history, but never had one distinct sound. The region is known equally well for exporting indie rock, funk and roots music styles to the world. To give the uninitiated a taste of what the region has to offer, here's a sampling of some of the best local albums released between 1970 and now. More »
Quiz: Test your knowledge of local music
Dayton music blog: Wes Tirey gears up to play Bellbrook Jamboree
More music news
The Future Laureates, a Chicago-based group including two Dayton-area natives, started as a lark. However, there was an undeniable spark when Danny Surico (acoustic guitar), James Hyde (bass), John Flanagan (electric guitar), Matthew Daigler (ukulele) and Steve Minogue (drums) got together for a performance at Loyola College. Tunes at a glance: Best-of album lists from 11 music publications
Everyone's a critic nowadays, but then, they always were. The collective "we" always has had an opinion to share — and thanks to the blog boom, the proliferation of social-networking sites and our standby favorite, e-mail, we have better tools for getting it out there than we did before. As 2007 came to a nice, neat close there was no shortage of "best of" lists out there chronicling the year that was: pop culture, celebrities, movies, fashion and, of course, music have all been recalled in a seemingly infinite number of countdowns. Has digital killed the record store?
The growing popularity of digital music downloads could send compact discs the way of cassette tapes. Music retail stores might soon follow. Rapper DMX arrested for drugs, animal cruelty
PHOENIX — DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said. The 37-year-old rapper, whose given name is Earl Simmons, initially tried to barricade himself in his bedroom but emerged when a SWAT team entered his north Phoenix home during the 3 a.m. raid, sheriff's spokesman Capt. Paul Chagolla said. Toni Braxton's Las Vegas show to remain dark until June
LAS VEGAS — Toni Braxton's return to the stage on the Las Vegas strip has been pushed back for at least another month. Mary J. Blige starts foundation to help women with careers
YONKERS, N.Y. — The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence. Jury selection begins in R. Kelly child pornography case
CHICAGO — Jury selection began Friday in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial. Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor
NEW YORK — Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.
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WWE/ECW to bring title matchups to Dayton [things to do]
Titles are on the line — and this time, Dayton wrestling fans will be there front and center to watch their faves win or lose big. Wrestling superstars from World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown and Extreme Championship Wrestling will be in the ring Sunday, May 11, at the Nutter Center in WrestleMania Revenge. This is the first WWE event in Dayton this year. More »
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