In today’s episode, we’ll explore five essential books of nonfiction that provide unique insights into…
Prelude
A certified blues legend makes a Latin percussion legend in the making. Today brings the…
August 29, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of one of jazz music’s greatest revolutionaries and…
In the year of COVID-19, where once-thriving festivals and live music events are becoming increasingly…
For guitarist Ike Sturm and bassist Jesse Lewis, who comprise the New York-based acoustic duo…
For some, Billie Holiday’s Lady in Satin documents a great artist in decline. For others, like vocalist…
Django Reinhardt is revered as a virtuosic guitarist and a pioneer of so-called “Gypsy jazz,”…
After a string of successful studio albums on Riverside, label chief/producer Orrin Keepnews was champing at the…
Drum roll, please: Cindy Blackman Santana — the acclaimed jazz drummer and wife of guitarist…
Millions of us have spent the past several months working remotely from home, and there…
Carlos Santana’s wife, drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, will release a solo album, Give the Drummer…
With a string of groundbreaking releases through the 1970s, beginning with 1976’s Bright Size Life and continuing with 1977’s Watercolors, Pat Metheny almost single-handedly created a new sound and vocabulary for jazz guitar.
Digital music streaming is barely a decade old, but it is clear that the platform…
A star-studded quartet’s first studio album in 25 years; previously unreleased Art Blakey and Thelonious…
Jon Anderson singer-songwriter is best known as the lead vocalist of the progressive rock band…
Within the jazz world, Ted Poor is known for collaborating with musicians — Cuong Vu,…
Portuguese vocalist Sara Serpa’s stunning new album, Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia Records),…
The fourth annual edition of the GroundUP Music Festival, which took place at the North…
Guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth return with their first album…
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