In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

In the summer of 1920, the United States is a country of deep contradictions: a land of Jim Crow laws, lynching and rising ...

The Grammy Awards recognize all sorts of rising artists, but the Grammys also spotlight styles or subgenres or entire fields of music that are breaking through by forming new award categories. This ...

A piece of a western Massachusetts estate was repurposed in the 1950s as a musical haven. Listeners spent summer nights with ...

Six-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award winner Chief Adjuah brought “stretch music” —his own jazz-rooted, culture-combining musical style — to campus on Friday evening. Adjuah performed ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic east Austin on Saturday and Sunday. Eastside ...

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

It is not uncommon for jazz artists to borrow from world music to enliven their pieces—adding a dash of spice as it were. It is even rarer (with Latin jazz being an exception) for musicians to dive ...

Celebrating Mzansi’s rich musical heritage, Sam Nhlengethwa’s artwork sets the tone for what promises to be an unforgettable ...

HARTFORD, CONN. — At the Artists Collective in Hartford, there’s no graffiti on the walls. No one loiters on the corners of the collective’s block on Albany Avenue. When cofounder and executive ...

Jam out this season to highlife, Afrobeats, jazz, a cappella, R & B, rap, dance, and hip-hop artists from Nigeria, South Africa, and more. Having listened to hours of African Christmas music, I can ...