Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as a time to celebrate the legacy of jazz. April was designated Jazz Appreciation Month in part ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...

A rising blues singer and saxophonist whose three albums in five years has gotten her nominated for five Blues Music Awards, will headline downtown Allentown’s 12th annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue ...

A colossal book for a colossal musician. Aidan Levy's biography of Sonny Rollins runs to over 700 pages, not including the no less remarkable notes, available as a separate 416-page download. That the ...

Editor's note: “Catching Up With ...” is a series running the first Sunday of each month about people in arts and entertainment who got their start in San Antonio. To fans of Jimmy Kimmel and his late ...

Unless you're a pretty diehard Bowie fan, you might not know that David Bowie’s first band launched when he was just a teen.

Blues fans, are you short on cash but long on taste? Or maybe the idea of winding down after work while enjoying some live tunes–with a full bar just steps away–is music to your ears. If so, take ...