He finished in the top four of the 2008 "American Idol" competition and was the first competitor to play an instrument onstage. Wednesday, Jason Castro performed here for a crowd of more than 200 people. ...more

October 30, 2009

He finished in the top four of the 2008 "American Idol" competition and was the first Idol competitor to play an instrument onstage. And Wednesday evening Jason Castro performed for a crowd of more than 200 people . ...more

October 29, 2009

If the Internet is the information superhighway, one of its roads led straight to a Tampa guitarist. ...more

October 5, 2008

No, he's not Randy Jackson, "American Idol" judge - although he has met that Jackson while touring. ...more

June 4, 2008

Ravi Jakhotia asked his parents for a drum set when he was 12. But when his father said no, he threw himself on the floor at Kmart. ...more

February 3, 2008

Some rock bands accelerate their tempos when they perform their old songs decades after the fact. Playing fast is a kind of armor: a refutation of the plain reality of aging - all that unregainable enthusiasm and lost muscle mass - and a hard block against a band's lessened cultural importance. ...more

December 13, 2007

Led Zeppelin, one of the last major acts to resist digital distribution, are releasing their back catalog online. ...more

October 16, 2007