For most bands, Alaska is far. Seattle is a nearly two-day drive nonstop from Anchorage, making it pretty hard to squeeze in between shows when you’re running around the country in an unreliable van.

Music, regardless of the time or talent put into it, isn’t guaranteed an audience. “The algorithm is hard on all of us,” Call said, while addressing the annual gathering of people directly and ...

MusicAlaska is a statewide organization working to help musicians, venue owners, teachers and music fans support and grow the Alaska music scene and industry. They have been building local music ...

Thousands of people attended the festival to hear various local and national acts preform in June, 2023. (Dylan Vehrs) A local production team, called Showdown Alaska, is throwing their annual music ...

In Alaska, 2022 was a transition year in music in many ways. After a couple years of diminished live music due to the pandemic, last year felt much more like a return to normalcy with performers ...

An Alaska music group is conducting a survey of the state’s music community in an attempt to measure its size and gauge its impact on the economy. The Alaska Independent Musicians Initiative, which ...

Of the many qualities that define Alaska, transience and adventure are two that the Blackwater Railroad Company hopes to capture in its music. The Seward-based band will return to Juneau for a ...

Remember the time it started snowing in May and nobody left the music festival? How about the time you saw people dancing on the bar and crowdsurfing to bluegrass? What about when you carried your ...

Think of next week’s 2025 International Chamber Music Alaska Festival as a shot in the arm for the classical music scene in Fairbanks. That’s how ICMA co-founder and local cello musician Charly Akert ...