Music

2015 marks the 46th annual Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids. The celebration runs June 5 - 7. View the top options for kids at Festival 2015, then bring the entire family downtown for great food, music and hands-on art activities!

New Principal Pops Conductor Bob Bernhardt will join the Grand Rapids Pops in his first performance in his new role on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Grand Rapids. Bernhardt will be joined by Michigan native Doug LaBrecque and Lisa Vroman for Best of Broadway, a Fox Motors Pops series concert featuring the Broadway stars from Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.

Billboard has released its list of top 40 girl group songs of all time. It isn't subjective. It's based on the songs' performances on the charts -- and is led by a disco hit from 38 years ago.

The Grand Rapids Symphony's 2015 D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops summer concert series will include Five For Fighting and the music of Neil Diamond, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Billy Joel and Elton John in July.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sir Elton John has carved out one of the most illustrious music careers of the past half-century. He is the third most successful artist in the history of the American music charts, behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. His home away from his United Kingdom home is Las Vegas, where he the resident artist at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace from March 18 to April 14.

Rita Coolidge's 'We're All Alone'

Bryan Adams is hitting the road in April to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his iconic rock album, Reckless. The tour kicks off on April 11 in Houston and includes a July 23 performance at DTE Energy Theatre in Clarkston.

Surprising the audience with a captivating finale performance, Stevie Wonder received multiple standing ovations while singing some of his all-time classics at the taping last week of "Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life -- An All-Star Grammy Salute." Taped last Tuesday at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, the tribute airs 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST tonight on CBS.

You would think that you'd have to be a big-wig or something to be able to afford a private performance from your favorite singer. Ordinarily, that is the case. But John Legend is offering a performance by him as a prize in a charity raffle.

REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"

The Bala Brothers -- Loyiso, Zwai and Phelo Bala -- are a household name in South Africa because of their fusion of operatically-trained voices, rich harmonies and traditional South African melodies and rhythms. The Bala Brothers are releasing a self-titled album March 3, with DVD and Blu-Ray releases March 24 for a taped concert program airing as a PBS-TV special starting Feb. 28.

The first performers for the special "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life — An All-Star Grammy Salute" concert next month have been announced.