NEW YORK — As its title “People Watching” suggests, Sam Fender spends the bulk of his third studio album putting his observations about others — their histories, their futures, their troubles, their ...

Pop-rock band Bleachers and its front man, Jack Antonoff, are very famously from the Garden State, but Dallas-born saxophonist Evan Smith provides the group with some Texas soul.

Events this weekend include Love Stories by Ballet Quad Cities, Bockbock Fest and the annual Shockingly Modern Saxophone ...