Now in its fourth year, the Do LaB’s annual Lightning in a Bottle music and arts festival, held every spring at Santa Barbara County’s own Live Oak Campground, is quite literally about to explode.

I check out other writers' blogs all the time, and a favorite is Joe Leydon's MovingPictureBlog -- the writing is as straight-forward as the title, and the always plain-spoken and sometimes cranky attitude appeals to me (I wonder why).

The left-of-center pairing of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career milestones on their respective belts.

Nokia customers get access to any Sony BMG song for a year, and they get to keep the songs forever. Is this the music model of the future?

Have a day filled with diversity, music, dance, history and fun during the Troy Public Library's annual Shared Inheritances series every Sunday through July.