Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Tim DeLaughter about his choral rock group, The Polyphonic Spree, and its new album, "Salvage Enterprise." When you write for a living, writer's block can be a ...

What exactly is The Polyphonic Spree? Over the years, speculation has surrounded the Dallas-founded robed choral ensemble led by ex-Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter. Some will claim that The ...

The Polyphonic Spree members walk everywhere among us. Most are unrecognizable at a glance, but one could sense a jubilant energy just waiting to jump out. They’re behind you in the checkout line, ...

The newly opened Lounge Here on Garland Road and the boutique under construction next door could be regarded as departures for the woman who owns them, Julie Doyle. She’s the co-manager of the choral ...

For a band known for exuding love and joy, the Polyphonic Spree rose from the ashes of great sorrow. Band founder Tim DeLaughter formed the group 15 years ago in the wake of a beloved friend's death.

Lofty ideals are the norm for Tim DeLaughter, leader of symphonic mega-group The Polyphonic Spree, one of the largest touring bands with 20-plus members. But the sky’s the limit for his next major ...

After the Polyphonic Spree played what DeLaughter claimed was the last song of the evening, the entire group left the Turner Hall stage. While the passionate crowd clamored for an encore, a recorded ...

The Polyphonic Spree will take the torch from The Passion this summer in the Year of the Robe, as the twenty-five-piece choral pop ensemble releases its second album, Together We’re Heavy (nearly as ...

When Tim DeLaughter originally put together the choral rock group the Polyphonic Spree in Dallas in 2000, he wasn’t sure it would last. After all, the group featured a choir, flute, trumpet, French ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary for The Polyphonic Spree's annual holiday music show — an extravaganza the group has held in Dallas each December — and it's celebrating with a live tour and a new ...