The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 16-22 include Boston-based hip-hop and blues acts, a benefit for trans rights, The Lox ...

The band is officially back together — well ... Some people (including a kid with a thick Boston accent) are less enthused ...

The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ... $253,000 severance payout to Michael Flaherty after dismissal from Boston Water and Sewer Michelle Wu says she was not involved in $253,000 ...

For many locals, it’s a welcome return for an artist who got his start busking in Boston and went on to headline the Orpheum. “The Beatles in general have always been my favorite band,” he said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards ...