When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, ...

Sorry to return to the Mercury prize for a second week, but this is only a passing spin-off from that much-discussed event. Observer music critic Kitty Empire, one of the Mercury judges, described the ...

Jazz drummer and vibraphonist Jason Marsalis has, in the words of fellow musician David Torkanowsky, swapped New Orleans for old Orléans. In early July, Marsalis, his wife, their three young daughters ...

Martin France began his recording career at the age of 19 for ECM records. Born in Rainham in Kent, France dismissed music college in preference for on the road tuition. He, with his friend and music ...