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The Sopranos

Al Foul @ Yucca Tap Room

Trash Talk

Flip for It

All Shook Up

Lure de France

See Alice Cooper's Dark Shadows Costume at the Musical Instrument Museum

See also: Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy When Alice Cooper, Phoenix's resident lord of the underworld/radio personality/Christian activist, pops up in the Tim Burton new flick, Dark Shadows, what he's wearing should look mighty f ... More >>

Hula Plus

Psychedelic Legend Donovan Visits the MIM

​On Monday, October 10, British songwriter and psychedelic legend Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch) visited the Musical Instrument Museum, strolling around the exhibits and conducting interviews with writers about the history of music and education. Speaking with Donovan was really something ... More >>

Past Times

MIM and New Times Partner To Give Away Surf Pioneer Dick Dale Signature Guitar

Winner Don Hyde with representatives of The MIM and Fender Musical Instruments ​The Musical Instrument Museum is, simply put, an absolute treasure in Phoenix's collective backyard. The Museum recently became a Smithsonian Affiliate and celebrated their first anniversaryin April. New Times partnere ... More >>

Musical Instrument Museum's Fancy New Promo Video

The Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix -- the largest of its type in the world -- has released a warm-and-fuzzy new promo video. "Music is the language of the soul..." it begins.Along the way you get quotes about how awesome the museum is from guys like Carlos Santana and a cool look insi ... More >>

Clothes Encounters

Quick PHX: Nightlife

Asylum Street Spankers @ The Rhythm Room

Uke Can Do It

Film and jam session gives it up to the tiny ax

Música History

Traveling show docks at the MIM

Gamelan Çudamani

Give Your Old Instrument to Ear Candy and See Blue Oyster Cult and Foghat For Free

​Let's face facts: You're never going to play that old saxophone again.Sure, you think about it every few months, but your skills are too far gone and your heart's not totally in it. Honestly, it's more or less mocking you from the bottom of closet.Why not give it to a kid who still has a chance o ... More >>

Oud There

Iraqi-American artist merges ancient with future

Drum Machine

Toumani Diabaté @ Musical Instrument Museum

Ride the White Horse

Boy, are they Hungary

Boy Toys

Here’s an art show for manly men

Jeremy Kittel Band

Sexy East

We heart Mesa. You should, too.

Gimme Fleck

Renowned musician strums on the old banjo

Drumming Up Business

World-class musicians mix Japanese drumming with contemporary stylings

Tony Bennett Praises Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum, Disses NYC Museums

We should all look so good at 85 ...​Tony Bennett's signature tune may be "I left my heart in San Francisco," but the legendary singer is a true New Yorker -- born and raised in Astoria, Queens.But the Big Apple, Bennett announced at his concert last night, has got nothing on Phoenix.Surprisingly, ... More >>

Cut the Crap

War Born

West African music ensemble brings it all together

Ear and Now

See AZ’s youth rock out for a good cause

John Lennon's "Imagine": Original Piano Delivered to Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

Shannon WallacePrecious cargo: A crew delivers John Lennon's "Imagine" piano to the Musical Instrument Museum.​ Now this is cool. This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed "Imagine," ... More >>

Minor Threat

Finnish metal band plays friendly party jams

Polka Dot Dot

A Fistful of Hollers

Screw green grass, give us the blue stuff

To DIY For

Filmmaker logged 19,000 miles documenting do-it-yourself culture

Conversations @ 11: Paulo Nenflidio

Solo Survivor

And the portions are so small

Let's Get Physical

Hardy lads bring dance tunes to Trunk Space. Really.

Guitar Hero

Former Phoenix cop is now rockin’ SoPo

A Fistful of Hollers

Screw green grass, give us the blue stuff

Give Peaceful a Chance

Soothing Japanese fest has the cure for what ails you

The Shlong Show

Bad-taste test in Scottsdale

Special Deliverance

The hillbillies are alive with the sound of music