Jeff Heilman chats with celebrated former San Francisco Chronicle pop music critic Joel Selvin.

For destinations, landmark musical venues and accompanying musical birthrights can mean branding and marketing gold.

Celebration, anticipation and revenue generation are watchwords for 2017 and beyond.

Southeastern Virginia’s Lower Peninsula and Hampton Roads region has long swayed to its own distinctive rhythm.

The day before GMID, I attended a packed press conference at Hard Rock Cafe Atlantic City.

The surprises only kept coming, and in this energetic, eclectic “Creative Capital,” groups can confidently expect the same.