Music Feature

As a writer and performer Lukas Nelson seems to work effortlessly in the vein of what came before and tastefully in touch with the legacy of his father, Willie Nelson, while building on the roots of American popular music.

They’re known to play two hundred shows a year, and this year they’re wrapping up with a stop in Covington with fellow jam band Houseplant, who hail from Louisville.

Ashley McBryde performs at the Andrew J Brady Music Center on Dec. 2.

Heartless Bastards, originally from Cincinnati before a move to Austin, Texas, in 2007, have put out a string of critically praised records.

Somewhere between avant-garde and true to hip-hop’s roots, Action Bronson’s approach to the genre is just as innovative as it is fun.

The New Royals deliver a show that rips you out of your seat and drops you into a soul-funk world that will keep you on your feet.

“We have written a two-year plan to move from just our shoestring budget to trying to actually grow and build into an actual sustainable model.”

Even though they’re now based in Asheville, North Carolina, every Thanksgiving weekend they play a show in Ohio.

The songs off Ndegeocello's latest album are acutely personal and as entrancing as anything you're likely to hear this year.

Word is the live sets will focus on songs from the band’s middle-era albums: 1999’s The Albemarle Sound, 2001’s Argyle Heir and 2003’s self-titled effort, which turned 20 this year.

Fishbone has been an off-and-on entity over the last 20 years, largely held together by lead vocalist Angelo Moore’s unwavering love of the band’s frantic mix of ska, funk and punk.

World Within a Song delves into 50 songs that have influenced Tweedy largely from his childhood through his coming of age in the early 1980s.

While June was disappointed to be unable to promote the Moon and Stars album upon its 2021 release, she’s been making up for that lost time since then.

His newfound image — which has surely clutched some pearls — is proof that the LGBTQ+ community is here to stay.

Think of it as a best of Bob show punctuated by new tunes, another intimate communal experience by a restless artist who continues to challenge both himself and his audience.

CupcakKe started writing church poetry at 14 years old before starting her rap career and putting out raunchy and sexually empowering songs.

Dylan's been called the voice of a generation, performed at the 1963 March on Washington and has influenced The Beatles and many other musicians that came after.

Lil Uzi Vert's most recent album, Pink Tape, cemented their rockstar-rapper ethos with its genre-elastic approach to their playful and emo-trap sound, pouring in influences from punk and hard rock.

Just as the actual holiday has evolved, so too has Halloween music.

Sullivan’s first full-length album, Goose, produced by Sima Cunningham, is set to release in early 2024.