After driving 4,000 miles to gigs this year, folksinger Debra Cowan is really looking forward to her 25-minute drive this evening to sing at Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham.

Boy loses girl, boy meets new girl, boy and girl make lovely love and pain-filled music.

It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and lovingly helps Clarence Clemons walk to his saxophone at the front of the stage.

Jeonghwan "James" Kim hasn't devoted half his young life to practicing the cello to be rich, famous or even earn all A's at the prestigious Walnut Hill School. Instead, the 16-year-old South Korea native who won a $10,000 award given to "deserving young musicians" practices several hours a day for a reason as ethereal as his music.

Fans of Fox's irreverent musical comedy "Glee" will love this soundtrack, which includes 17 songs from the show about a high school glee club performed by its talented cast.

 Pop-country has made superstars out of acts like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it. "I hate saying pop-country. I hate using that," Carrie Underwood says during a recent interview while talking about some of her favorite artists.

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When Kellie Pickler and best gal pal Taylor Swift get together, they rarely talk business. It's usually about boys and other girl stuff.

On his 13th studio album, Guy Clark sticks with a simple formula: a small acoustic combo, moderate tempos and good tunes.

On Sunday, the LIVEArts Sunday Concert Series at the First Universalist Society in Franklin will begin its seventh season with the world premiere performance of "String Quartet No. 1" by Don Krishnaswami, one of the area's top composers and violinists.