The golden era of reggae and rock-steady gleamed again for two hours at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center August 13, when Toots & the Maytals delighted their audience with a concert featuring many Jamaican hits from the 1960s and 1970s.

Although the band doesn’t have quite the national following of Kid Rock, they Pinkletinks have become a big hit on the Vineyard over the past few years.

Patty Griffin has built a life of traveling the world and singing her carefully framed miniatures. Three decades into her career, the woman regarded as an “artist’s artist” realized things needed to change.

Open-air music is happening all over Martha’s Vineyard, just about every night of the week and usually for free..

The Cowboy Junkies' latest album All That Reckoning continues a career defined by literate lyrics and minimalist atmospherics.

The Mavericks arrive on the Vineyard this week to play at the Performing Arts Center. “There are 12 of us,” said lead singer Raul Malo. “Eight onstage, four to keep us together, and 30 pieces of luggage.”