That was the case for J.H. Baxter who in 1907 was hired by Port Arthur founder Arthur Stilwell to design and build a bridge across the Sabine-Neches Canal from Port Arthur to Pleasure Island.

The announcement was made live on Express FM’s breakfast show this morning, marking an exciting start to 2025 for the young band ... between 20 and 23 February. Island To Host Apprenticeships ...

A one-of-a-kind property that was once owned by a legendary rock band has gone up for sale ... approximately 40 miles from the island's capital Tobermory. It is nestled within a scenic 12-acre ...

Cottrell-Boyce, whose books include Millions and Cosmic, will warn that while children in the UK may fare well in reading league tables, reading for pleasure is in decline, leading to "less chance ...

Across a lifetime of music, Hudson — whose bushy beard, professorial demeanor and musical chops added a scholarly gravitas to the Band through his work on electric organ, accordion and saxophone ...

For over a decade, the carrousel's band organ sat silently out of commission. Last year, a dedicated group of volunteers came together to start replacing and repairing the instrument's broken parts.

Even a rock and roll classic like the group’s cover of Little Richard’s “Slippin’ and Slidin'” features a wild organ solo from Hudson that evokes a deranged calliope. Following the Band ...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, and who in his later years remained an in-demand player among young musicians ...

as showcased in the introduction of the 1968 song “Chest Fever,” over the era’s more popular Hammond organ. Alongside Rick Danko, Hudson was the longest-tenured member of the Band.

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound. Garth Hudson in 1969. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist ...

The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have been installed at Rochester Institute of Technology’s music performance theater, currently under ...

Keith Urban recently let go of two of his longtime band members, bassist Jerry Flowers and multi-instrumental player Nathan Barlowe — but he didn't really account for their absence when he ...