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If you were at 4Knots, you already know first hand that the festival brings out the hippest, chillest, most attractive New Yorkers to South Street Seaport -- but did you know that it also attracts some of the funniest folks around? Here are the best things we were lucky enough to overhear at 4Knots this year.

Folk legend Pete Seeger will be honored this week with an elaborate five-day program of singing, square dancing and reminiscing all over the region.

Saturday at the South Street Seaport and 4Knots Music Festival was magical. The sun was shining, Marnie the Dog's tongue was out, and Dinosaur Jr. damaged the hearing of everyone in attendance a tiny bit.

After millions of records sold and seemingly as many headlines for her off-stage behavior, life for Britney Spears has settled into more of a routine with her massive, two-year "Piece of Me" residency at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace hotel and casino.

Lorin Maazel, a world-renowned conductor whose prodigious career included seven years at the helm of the New York Philharmonic, died Sunday at his home in Virginia.

Bill Frisell will perform his "The Great Flood" score July 19 at the Boulder Theater.

Milwaukee singer and guitar player Roxie Beane has been a musician for as long as she can remember.

Craig Ferguson stands at the entrance of the main pavilion on Planet Bluegrass Ranch, gesturing above eye level to show the height of the river that tore through the Lyons festival grounds 10 months ago.

Beyonc recently topped Forbes' celebrity power list. "Who runs the world?" it asks.

* Morrissey, "World Peace Is None Of Your Business" - The video of the lead single features Nancy Sinatra next to Morrissey performing the song in spoken word.

Buckle Up for a full weekend of 'Heartland' music "Music from the heartland" festival follows Bunbury's blueprint Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1m5JF4x The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys perform on Buckle Up Music Festival's Main Stage at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 19. As the Bunbury Music Festival draws to a close, organizers are ... (more)

The top Toronto bands playing fusion music know anything goes - go ahead and confine your musical interests to specific genres or artists, but know you're be leaving out a world of possibilities.

The winners of the 2014 AAN Awards were announced in Nashville today during the association's 37th annual convention.

The 8 Ball 7.12.14: Top 8 Metal Frontmen Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 07.12.2014 From Metallica's James Hetfield and Rob Halford of Judas Priest to Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 metal frontmen of all-time! Welcome, one and all, to the 8 Ball in the Music Zone! I'm your host Jeremy ... (more)

Getting there: with construction and traffic Downtown , Bunbury-goers shod allow extra time to get to the event.

In this Jan. 8, 2005, file photo, Tommy Ramone, ex-drummer and manager of the Ramones, smiles as he is interviewed backstage at the Knitting Factory in New York.

Everyone that knows anything about Milwaukee music knows that blues harmonica master Jim Liban is the patriarch of a musical family.

Following up our list at the start of the year featuring classic rock's longest songs , we now bring you a selection of the shortest songs.

Charlie Haden, a bassist whose music drew from many streams of American music, died Friday morning in Los Angeles.

Bunbury Music Festival 2014: Day 1 Frank Hammonds of The Upset Victory, kicks off the Bunbury Music Festival at the Amphitheater stage Friday afternoon.