The World Association of Marching Show Bands (WAMSB) 2023 Competition is less than five months away, and 28 bands from 18 countries will soon be making their way to downtown Buckhannon. The WAMSB 2023 competition will take place July 17-24, and bands will compete for the title of world ...
After a two-year hiatus, the Gardner Winter Music Festival will be held in person this year, starting Friday evening and all-day Saturday at South Middle School in Morgantown. This annual festival has brought traditional Appalachian music, song and dance to the region since 1979 and ...
BY ALISE CHAFFINS At first blush, Trevor Cooke is a small, unassuming young man. But as you speak to him, you see the big dreams of this Morgantown singer and songwriter. Cooke, who performs alternative pop and hip-hop, has had the desire to be an artist for as long as he can ...
BY ALISE CHAFFINS How do you continue to find joy and inspiration in a job you have been doing for more than four decades? If you’re the legendary Steve Vai, you create an entirely new instrument. In preparation for the Inviolate tour coming at 8 p.m. Friday to the Metropolitan Theatre ...
He called himself “the last man standing,” a reference to the rock ‘n’ roll icons of which he was among the most notable. Jerry Lee Lewis died last week at age 87. He was the last in a line of rock greats whose records I played as a 16-year-old disc jockey at a small radio station in ...
Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church of Wheeling will host its 89th annual Lebanese Festival from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday at Site 1 — Levenson Shelter in Oglebay Park. The Lebanese Festival is open to the public and offers authentic Lebanese food, live music, inflatable ...