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Packard band wraps up outdoor concert season

Rock ‘n’ roll oldies and marches will share the program for the final outdoor concert by the full W.D. Packard Concert Band for 2026. On the rock side, the program conducted by Galen S. Karriker will include “Rock, Roll and Remember,” a musical salute to “American Bandstand” host Dick Clark; medleys featuring the music of The Mammas & the Papas and The Beach Boys; and a Paul Murtha arrangement of Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” The marches will include Henry Fillmore’s “The Footlifter” and “Rolling Thunder” and Robert Hosay’s “Black ...

Wray plays praise-and-worship music on 11th release

Dustin Wray will play a CD release show at First Church of Warren on Saturday for his 11th album “I Will Never Be the Same.” Wray described the collection as a modern-style “Praise & Worship” album. Guest performers include former Miss Illinois Tania Joy Gibson; local singers Nailah ...

Sugarland driving 20th anniversary of ‘Enjoy the Ride’ to Youngstown

Sugarland is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its “Enjoy the Ride” album with a tour that includes a Covelli Centre date on Nov. 5. “Enjoy the Ride” was the second album by Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. It sold more than 3 million copies and spawned four top 10 country singles — “Want To” and Settlin’” (both No. 11 singles) and “Everyday America” and “Stay.” The duo has been nominated for five Grammy Awards, winning best country song and best country performance by a duo or group with vocals for “Stay.” Sugarland previously played the Covelli ...

Bonamassa, Mule brings different shades of blues to Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — The first thing I did when I got home from Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre on Sunday was check my hair. The way Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes were cuttin’ heads last night, I was sure I’d gotten at least a trim. The co-headlining doubleheader drew more than 4,000 downtown on a warm summer night. Both musicians are steeped in the blues but take it in somewhat different directions. Wearing a tailored blue suit and sunglasses, Bonamassa is the flashier dresser — and player. Just about every number in his 12-song, 90-minute set had extended ...

Powers hosts Chicago in November

Chicago returns to Youngstown for a Nov. 15 concert at Powers Auditorium. The band that started as the Chicago Transit Authority in 1967 has sold more than 100 million records in a career that includes 21 top 10 singles, songs such as "25 or 6 to 4," "Saturday in the Park," "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry." Chicago was one of the first acts to play the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre when it opened in 2019. It also sold out Packard Music Hall in 2016, and last week the band was nearby at Blossom Music Center as part of a ...

Ticket stubs: .38 Special takes aim at Youngstown

.38 Special takes aim at Youngstown .38 Special will bring its Southern rock sounds to Powers Auditorium on Oct. 1. The band is in its sixth decade of performing and has sold more than 20 million albums with such radio hits as “Hold On Loosely,” “Caught Up in You,” “If I’d Been the One,” “Back Where You Belong” and “Second Chance.” Last year, .38 Special released “Milestone,” its first album of new music in more than 20 years. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. An online-only presale starts at 10 a.m. ...