The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that nearly half of American schools have zero full-time arts teachers, while 1.3 million elementary school students don’t have access to music ...

Pre- and post-pandemic worlds greeted each other in an awkward handshake-turned elbow bump at the first concert of The Rustic’s Safe Sounds Music Series on Thursday night. On their website, the ...

Six months after a coronavirus-forced shutdown, live music venues are still trying to determine best practices path going forward. Some are doing shows with no audience for a live-streaming audience.

Live music venue and restaurant The Rustic announced on Wednesday that it will launch a lineup of intimate concerts. The Safe Sounds Music Series brings musicians back to The Rustic’s stage, with ...

The music biz can get overly specific when it comes to genre tags. You have your glam rock, your indie-pop rock, your ambient alternative and so on. Many bands select these labels and stick to them, ...

In keeping with The Rustic’s confounding tradition of bringing damn fine acts to a lame-ass part of town, Futurebirds will be at said venue this week. The Athens, Ga., outfit, beloved on the ...

On the second day of Pickathon, a rustic music festival in Happy Valley, Ore., founder Zale Schoenborn approached a musician drinking a beer backstage. He extended his hand and said, “Pleasure to meet ...