When musician Greg Hawkes’ wife, Elaine, gave him a ukulele for Valentine’s Day eight years ago, it was the beginning of something that might be called destiny. Hawkes is now a virtuoso on the ...

Greg Hawkes’ keyboards drove the sound of The Cars, the Boston quintet who were responsible for some of the most artful and popular mainstream music of the late ’70s and early ’80s.

Greg Hawkes saw the Beatles play the Baltimore Civic Center on Sept. 13, 1964. He was 11. That night something joyous exploded in his head. Already taking piano and clarinet lessons, he began to ...

Greg Hawkes has gone down the rabbit hole. Over the past few years, Hawkes — best known as the keyboardist in The Cars, the Boston new wave band that exploded in the late 1970s and ‘80s ...

Explore Long Island's deep connection with new wave music, featuring iconic bands like Simple Minds, The Cars and Wang Chung.

Eddie Japan is Boston-based, but fronted by Northampton resident David Santos. The group is described as combining "1960s baroque pop and mod influences with the less restrained tendencies of '80s ...

guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboard player Greg Hawkes. Gareth “Jacknife” Lee, who has worked with U2 and R.E.M., produced five tracks; the band did the rest. Lee and Hawkes split the bass ...

Greg Hawkes, keyboardist for The Cars, is paying tribute to that band with a series of shows featuring Boston-based band Eddie Japan. The show will come to the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton ...