Music

Ukulele orchestra bring irreverent approach to Mondavi Center

By Edward Ortiz - Updated: 9:06 am

When asked how the 27-year-old Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has managed to stay together through many tours and other challenges, founding member George Hinchliffe likened it to how the Rolling Stones have kept it together so many years.

Bee Critic Picks: Things to do this weekend

Published: Friday, April 5 2013 - 12:00 am

TODAY-THURSDAY - The River Cats, the hometown AAA baseball team, extend opening weekend into next week, first against the Las Vegas 51s and then against Tacoma's Rainiers.

On Sale: new and continuing ticket sales

Published: Friday, April 5 2013 - 12:00 am

ON SALE TODAY - Fall Out Boy, The Heartbreaker Tour: Heart with Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, Pitbull and Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch

Mel Shields: The Spinners loop back on their smooth-soul classics

By Mel Shields - Published: Friday, April 5 2013 - 12:00 am

It's not easy being Pervis.That's according to Spinners singer Jessie Robert Peck, who gained a spot in the legendary smooth-soul group in 2008, supplying the bass vocals once performed by original band member Pervis Jackson.

Merle Haggard, one of music's last old-school outlaws

By Allen Pierleoni - Updated: Sunday, March 31 2013 - 7:22 am

Most of the founders of country music are gone – Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff – along with most of the original "outlaw" band of brothers that included Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.