The immensely popular Copper Box, an audience favorite at Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts, takes the Performance Hall stage at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28. Always a fun and entertaining band, Copper Box "dances in the crossroads of Zydeco, blues, jazz, Tex-Mex

Christopher Cross did not want to participate in a photo session. He was wary of even interviewing with the Chronicle, writing in an email weeks before that the paper had a reputation for being "hard on mainstream bands." He has a point. In 1981, when hi

The best holiday card I got this year came from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, blissfully unaware of my recent potshots at its process (see "One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: I Love Rock & Roll," Dec. 2). So, we'll happily do a victory dance for Freddie King befo

In their film, Joe Bailey Jr. , left, and Steve Mims question Texas' death penalty review process and arson investigations. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for the house fire deaths of his three kids Advocates: Obsolete arson investi

Jeff Tweedy told the audience at a taping of “Overheard with Evan Smith” today that “there is a lot to be said about growing up.” The statement came in response to an audience question about how Tweedy appears to have moved beyond his days of seeming agg

Joe Gracey After a well-spent life defined by a series of reinventions, each more outrageous and 'way cooler than the previous one, Joe Gracey has left the building - this place we call earth. Born in Fort Worth on November 14, 1950, Joe distinguished hi