The Great Lakes Folk Festival begins today, marking the beginning of a weekend which aims to provide free fun for students and local citizens in the area. This is the seventh annual year of the festival, which began in 2002 through the MSU Museum's Michigan Traditional Arts Program.

Reflective of his newest single, popular R&B vocalist Lloyd truly has "Girls Around the World."

Female fans abroad recognize the Atlanta native as one of the top young talents the genre has to offer, with smash hits such as "Southside," "You" and "Get It Shawty" all having landed within the top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Graduation for The Hard Lessons, a rock band whose members are all former MSU students, has a deeper meaning than receiving degrees and leaving campus.

Providing a diverse range of music in the rap, rock and country capacities, the 2008 Common Ground Music Festival is set to begin in Lansing today, marking the genesis of the weeklong musical event. Concerts during this year's ninth installment of the event will run until Sunday and take place at Louis F. Adado Riverfront Park, 300 N. Grand Ave. in downtown Lansing every night from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m.

The annual summer jazz takeover is back in town today and tomorrow.

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is more than a music festival: It's a phenomenon.

The Lansing Parks and Recreation Department kicked off its 2008 installment of the annual series "Neighborhood Concerts in the Park" Wednesday night at Frances Park, 2600 Moores River Drive, in Lansing, with music from a Beatles tribute band, YellowSub Marines.

The Vans Warped Tour has a legacy behind it that cements it as one of the leading musical festivals in the country.

With blockbusters like Lil' Wayne's "Tha Carter III" and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" sure to dominate most students' iPods this summer, a lot of good independent music might find itself swept under the proverbial rug.

With few options available on campus this summer, many students undergo a strenuous search to find a club or bar where they can let loose on weekends.