Check out these entertaining events happening this week.

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.

Homegrown Hopkinton musicians' song chosen for movie trailer.

David Gray returns from a hiatus with his eighth full-length effort and first in four years, "Draw the Line."

Joe Perry says there's still life in Aerosmith, but after an unlikely turn of events, he focused his energy on his latest solo project, "Have Guitar, Will Travel."

Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey's acting that when the director's first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren - backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.

The Avett Brothers have been the best kept secret in American roots music for nearly a decade - until now.

For its 10th anniversary season, Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra will reprise some of its most memorable shows including Beethoven's 5th Symphony, music from "Lord of the Rings" and "Tubby the Tuba."