A saxophone with the sound of a fog horn made its first appearance in more than 50 years at the Cedar Falls Municipal Band’s ...

Moroccan jazz shines in Marrakech Blues, demonstrating the genre's rich cultural depth and contemporary relevance.

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson bring their award-winning musical 'Mexodus,' a live-looping, hip-hop musical about a ...

The popular annual outdoor free festival features national and local talent July 17-19 in Bushnell Park in Hartford.

Recorded live at the jazz festival 70 years ago, the famed rendition of ‘Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue’ reinvigorated the ...

One of the birthplaces of American music is Congo Square in New Orleans, where enslaved people gathered to sing, dance, drum, ...

A new tribute album reimagines B.B. King's 1975 record, "Lucille Talks Back." The project features a diverse group of blues, rock, pop and soul musicians. In 2026, music fans continue to celebrate the ...

One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was a genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others Sonny Rollins interview from 2022: ‘I was so ...

Legendary Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the "saxophone colossus", has died aged 95. He died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon according to a statement from his ...

What would the movie “Jaws” have been without the music? How about “Grease,” “Dirty Dancing” or any of Quentin Tarantino’s pictures? The horror movie “Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan Coogler, ...

This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North. Sheer joy of ...