Exactly 100 years ago this winter, two recordings features Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet marked the triumph of New ...

One this special edition of Encore! we speak with jazz historian Dr. Richard Birkemeier, the producer and director of a ...

Jazz virtuoso Scott Robinson brings his unique '10 By Sax' performance to Pittsfield’s 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival.

Susan Alcorn, the revered pedal steel guitarist who brought the instrument beyond its traditional role in country music, died ...

The Brooklyn-based musician-composer’s Kalima is a blend between guitar and sarod. He will launch his new album Liquid ...

Jazz in the Park Festival returns to the “Romulus Vuia” Ethnographic Park in Cluj-Napoca for its 13th edition this summer, ...

The African lute, called the ngoni, xalam, or kora depending on the region and culture, has a rich history dating back ...

The sounds of trumpets, drums, flutes and many more instruments follow the sport teams of Hutchinson High School, but they also play music for more than just football. Instrumental music at the ...

Now, with his arsenal of flutes and appropriately sensitive accompanists on harp, trombone, percussion and hip-hop poetry — Andre 3000, Moses Sumney, Saul Williams, ELUCID and more appear on the new ...

In Cuba, pianists explore the wonderful rhythms of the island with their own percussive sense of melody. Roberto Fonseca's ...

A look a New Zealand power-pop band The Beths, their style, influences and how they could be poised to take power-pop back into the mainstream.

Evan Christopher began playing clarinet in junior high school in Long Beach, CA. His first introduction to New Orleans music ...