Country rocker Gary Allan tours Montana

“I ain’t really happy,” sings Gary Allan on “Get Off on the Pain,” the down-home title cut that begins and provides the name for his new MCA Nashville collection, “until the sky starts driving rain.” “That’s, like, very autobiographical,” the California-born artist says about the song. “I feel like I’m living that right now." Read more

Grammy-winning Klezmatics perform in Helena and Whitefish

The world-renowned, Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world visit Whitefish March 20 and Helena March 21 this month. In the course of over 20 years and nine albums they have stubbornly continued making music that is wild, mystical, provocative, reflective and ecstatically danceable. Read more

Charlie Daniels Band headlines music fests in Billings and Three Forks

One of country music's all-time legends, The Charlie Daniels Band (“Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Uneasy Rider,” “Simple Man”), headlines Saturday night's line-up at the Headwaters Country Jam, June 24-26 near Three Forks and the Alberta Bair Theatre's second annual Wild West Soiree, June 25 in Billings. Read more

Ween plays the Wilma; tickets go on sale March 5

UM Productions brings alternative rockers Ween to the Wilma Theatre in Missoula May 30. Tickets go on sale March 5. "Ween is more in tune with the fundamental nature of rock and roll than anyone currently making music,” writes Popmatters. “They’re doggedly passionate, gloriously theatrical, brilliantly subversive, and maybe a little bit evil." Read more

Aahhtt!! Choose the right temperament for your new canine

Q.: We had a wonderful Scottie. We got another of the same breed and she is awful. Why?

A.: When people bring dogs to me I see good dogs suffering people problems. Their pet is usually the wrong temperament for them. People are frustrated when their new dog, same breed as their old dog, isn’t as "good".

Lively Up with The Wailers, touring Montana in March

The Wailers, considered the greatest living exponents of Jamaica’s reggae tradition, perform in Missoula, Billings and Bozeman in March. Together with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide and carried their message "of roots, culture and reality" to an estimated 24 million people across the globe. Read more

KBGA brings Vampire Weekend to Missoula

New York City’s Vampire Weekend returns to Missoula on Tuesday, March 16, for an all-ages show at The Historic Wilma Theatre, sponsored by KBGA College Radio, 89.9 FM. This show marks the band’s third visit to Missoula – and the first at the Wilma. Tickets to the Missoula show are $23 in advance and available online at www.inticketing.com. Read more