BY ROD HANSENMarcus Knight had the audience in the palm of his hand. It was North America Country Music Association Country Music Week in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., on March 10. Knight and his band were squaring off against an international field of country music artists for the association’s honor of Best Traditional Country Band. Knight sang, ...

BY ROD HANSEN Mook may be best known as the indie rock band led by Paul Dano, the actor who portrayed Dwayne in the 2006 comedy “Little Miss Sunshine.” However, the whole band received a rock star’s welcome prior to a recent appearance at the local teen center Crispin’s House. Despite Dano’s movie stardom, ...

BY ROD HANSEN With years of experience as a musician, one local  teacher is seeing her dreams come true on a national level. Georgia Paris, a Weare resident and fourth-grade teacher at Goffstown’s Maple Avenue Elementary School, has seen two of her songs reach runner-up status in an international Song of the Year Contest. Contest ...