Bryan Adams' songs are likely well-known to students, but students might not connect his name to them right away. Read more...

Photo:

Bryan Adams performing live in concert. Adams will be performing at Royce Hall on Saturday.

Courtesy of Bryan Adams

The Kills have never been one for musical stagnation. The duo, a collaboration between British guitarist Jamie Hince and vocalist Alison Mosshart, of newfound Dead Weather fame, have always used new albums as an avenue to push the boundaries of their musical repertoire. Read more...

Photo:

(Credit: Domino Recording Company Limited)

For almost every band, the second full-length album is a time of reckoning. As a general rule, the fact that the band is releasing a second album indicates that there was something, some quality, in the previous release that attracted fans. Read more...

Photo:

(Credit: Columbia Records)

His hands flying from left to right, fingers constantly moving, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii won the gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with his performances of Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Read more...

Photo:

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii will be performing with the Takács Quartet at Royce Hall on Sunday. Tsujii was born blind and is world-renowned for his music.

There is something profoundly sad-sounding about "The King of Limbs," as if the band recorded the album while trapped in a remote fortress made of ice and snow. Read more...

Photo:

King of Limbs

Anxious longtime fans of Peter Bjorn and John can breathe a sigh of relief. When the band released "Writer's Block," the album's joyful music, complete with whistling and clapping, attracted large numbers of fans to the band's ranks. Read more...

Photo:

Credit: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT