The Clay Center has announced the lineup for its Spring 2020 Sound Checks series.

When he gets home, ukulele phenom Jake Shimabukuro likes to play clubs around Honolulu.

Trace Adkins is coming to the Clay Center May 7 as part of his “The Way I Wanna Go Tour.”

Jason Aldean’s “We Back” tour rolls into the Charleston Coliseum on Feb. 20. The show also features Morgan Wallen, Riley Green and Dee Jay Silver. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show start at $39.50. For information, call 800-745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

“Mountain Stage’s” second Charleston show of the year in Charleston is sold out on Sunday, but the radio program has released details for upcoming tapings in June.

Riley Clemmons would really like a dog.

Lots of people talk about the rewards of having gone to summer camp — the experiences you have, the friendships you make and the connections that can last a lifetime.

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters perform 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (FOOTMAD) at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston. Led by Bruce Molsky, the trio is known for hard-driving old-time tunes and fiddle-driven hoedowns. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seni…

Andrew Combs doesn’t know for sure where the next turn will take him.

Singer/songwriter Gaelynn Lea, 2016 NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk winner, returns to Charleston on Nov. 7 with a mix of original songs and experimental takes on traditional fiddle tunes. The singer began playing violin 25 years ago, after a music teacher helped her to adapt a playing style that…

The Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance kick of a new season of folk and roots music Saturday night in Charleston with the Jones, Savoy and Simon Cajun Band. The trio brings an exuberant mix of sounds from T’Monde and the Pine Leaf Boys from Lafayette, Louisiana. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.…

Motherhood will change your life, no less so if you’re a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter approaching 50 years old, maybe one who perhaps spends a little too much time on the road and has had a history of abusing alcohol.

There’s no doubt about it — Andy Frasco and the U.N. are a party band. With infectious grooves, mellow jams and upbeat lyrics, they’re a group to help you boogie and chase your blues away.

Rockers Disturbed, with In This Moment, come to the Big Sandy Superstore Arena, in Huntington, for a show Friday. The show is part of the second half of Disturbed’s current world tour in support of their 2018 record, “Evolution.” The concert kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50,…

For the past year or so, there’s been a conversation going on in country music about why it is that female artists are so poorly represented on country radio and on the country music charts.

The Woody Hawley Series opens its 2019-2020 season Saturday night with a songwriter showcase at the Clay Center’s Walker Theater. The “in the round” performance includes “Mountain Stage” host Larry Groce, Mark Bates, Annie Neeley, Johnny Staats, Andrew Adkins, Amanda Bridgette, Chris Haddox …

Not everybody will get what Africa Unplugged does, said drummer, front man and founder Atiba Rorie.

An opening slot on a big show can be a plum gig for a debuting artist. It could be an opportunity to get music out to people who’ve never heard it, make a few new fans.