OTTAWA — It turns out music education can take you places, after all.

When Alexa Tarantino was a young girl in West Hartford, her parents took her to see the local high school jazz band. “There ...

Last month, local folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Diana Daniels performed at the Parlor Room as part of First Night Northampton, an event in which she was one of more than 100 ...

Forty years ago Chris Yates saw the Yorkshire trio's organic mix of Mississippi blues, prog-rock and jazz reconvened in ...

Cleto Escobedo III, childhood friend of Jimmy Kimmel and longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live, has died at age 59. Kimmel announced the news on his Instagram Tuesday afternoon. The cause of death ...

John Gunther picked the saxophone in third grade because he liked its shape—and everything since has grown from that lucky choice. He’s now an acclaimed performer, composer, collaborator, and educator ...

For a sightless artist—his preferred term—Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a remarkably visual performer. I had the advantage of experiencing him live in concert before I had listened to any of his recordings, ...

Born in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, composer, pianist and arranger Shuteen Erdenebaatar brings a unique sound to the audience with her yearning melodies enriched with profound and expressive ...

One of jazz’s true outsiders, but also one of its most restless, pioneering spirits, Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues to inspire and influence today’s cutting-edge musicians. The release of two superb ...

Recorded over three sessions between 1949 and 1950, Miles Davis’ ‘Birth Of The Cool’ is a landmark jazz album. The history behind the recording of the music that would ultimately become Miles Davis’ ...

Saluting some of the finest, most out-there prog rock artists from outside the UK: long may their Mellotrons resonate down the years. It is generally believed, for any number of reasons, that prog ...