Joe Satriani

Medeski, Martin & Wood - 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. 18+. $30. Buy tickets here. Bryan Adams, 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 7 at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE 8th St., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets $48.50 to $59.50 at livenation....

Lil Wayne—guitar hero. Who'd have thunk it? Seems like every time you see the froggy-voiced rap superstar these days, he's got a guitar strapped over his shoulder. Or he's noodling tunelessly on one. Or, most often, he's just pretending to play,...

A day after hauling in seven Grammy nominations, the members of Coldplay should've been celebrating. Instead they were served with a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday that claims they ripped off guitarist Joe Satriani to write one of their biggest...

Coldplay is firing back against accusations they copied another artist's work for their hit "Viva La Vida." In a statement released on Tuesday, the band responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by guitarist Joe Satriani last week. That lawsuit...

Guitar Hero, the game that killed karaoke nights and launched a million armchairs, released its latest version, Guitar Hero: World Tour, available today for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo Wii. This time around wannabe musicians...

Thursday The Secret Machines, TK Webb and the Visions The 9:30 Club, 815 V St. N.W., Washington. 800-955-5566 or tickets.com. Friday Cheryl Wheeler Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis. 410-268-4545 or ramsheadtavern.com. Jaguares Rams Head...

September Sept. 5 Arbouretum, Psychic Paramount, Pontiak, Talking Head Sept. 5 Coal, Black Day 7, RHL Sept. 5 Gaelic Storm, Recher Sept. 5 Honor by August, Kill the Alarm, Dreamsacapes Project, 9:30 Club Sept. 5 Pure Prairie League, Firefall, Birchmere...

Concerts Country> Events schedules frequently change. It's best to call venues before you go. KENNY CHESNEY & LEANN RIMES: 7:30 p.m. Friday; Ford Amphitheatre, 4802 U.S. Highway 301 North, Tampa; $37.25-$75.50; 407-839-3900. TIMOTHY MICHAEL DONOVAN: 7...

ELKHORN, Wis. -- When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, 'That's exactly what I want to do.'" Three years and countless hours of practicing later, 8-year-old Tallan is a blues...

Born: May 1999. "Big props go out to Mike Behan," writes band founder Mitch "Bleu" Hines. "He was the general manager of Second Street bar in downtown Hampton who gave us the opportunity to come in and lay it down like champs! That was where Fine Swiss...

Beginnings: Carle Place, like the rest of modern-day central Nassau County, existed initially as a fragment of the Hempstead Plains. The prairie was viewed as largely worthless by the English settlers of 1644. One of those settlers was Capt. Thomas Carle,...

BEACHES Jones Beach State Park Off south end of Wantagh and Meadowbrook Parkways Wantagh, NY 11793 Phone: 516-785-1600 Web: www.NYSParks.com Parking: Parking lots West End two, four, six and 10 open year-round. Payment: May 25-Sept. 15; hours vary...