POSTED // Jul 17,2012 - With Desert Rocks Festival and the Ogden Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival from oh-so-early in the summer behind us, the festival outlook for these hot, hot months might seem bleak. Two words: road trip!

POSTED // Jul 12,2012 - Raphael Saadiq sighs over the phone; I just had to ask him about his separation from the celebrated ’80s R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! and of the possibility of a reunion tour.

POSTED // Jul 12,2012 - A little over 20 years ago, Provo was endearingly called “The Ska Capitol of Utah”—and its renown in the genre extended nationwide.

POSTED // Jul 11,2012 - For Juana Ghani, too much is never enough. While some bands stop at, say, five members, Juana Ghani has 11.

POSTED // Jul 5,2012 - When Emiliano Brancciari left his mother’s home in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1997 and crossed La Plata River to live with his father in Buenos Aires, Argentina,

POSTED // Jul 5,2012 - Depending on when a person is introduced to Tom Petty’s music, one might know him as an aggressive garage-rocker, a pensive, acoustic-based songsmith, an early MTV pop-rock icon or the lucky SOB

POSTED // Jul 3,2012 - The first memorable post on Beach House’s Tumblr page recently was a YouTube clip of Suzanne Ciani—a “crazy, synth-specialist lady from the ’70s and ’80s, who’s clearly stoned out of her mind”—on David Letterman circa 1980.

POSTED // Jun 28,2012 - A local hip-hop artist has a brand-new album—seems common enough. But wait—what makes this occasion monumental is that it’s the very first solo effort from one of the scene’s most influential members.

POSTED // Jun 26,2012 - Vicki Mann has toys on her desk. And one in particular holds special value. Her must-have office ornament is a stuffed dog, Dug, from Up, whose line is “Squirrel!” “He’s always looking for the squirrel,” Mann says.

POSTED // Jun 21,2012 - Rest your eyes from the visual smorgasbord at the 36th-annual Utah Arts Festival, and let your ears do the artistic appreciation for a while.