Born in London to the world's wealthiest family, she spent her later years supporting the modern jazz scene in New York, ...
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Why Bands Vanished in Pakistan

One of the key issues in the contemporary Pakistani music scene is the dearth of great bands with compelling and coherent live acts. The contrast becomes especially stark when one considers that, ...
The Airmen of Note will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Philip Bronspiegel Memorial Auditorium at New Bedford High School, ...
Jack DeJohnette, the visionary drummer whose piano stylings became a force later in his career, died on October 26 in Kingston, N.Y.
Recorded after he signed with Blue Note Records, 'Unity' marks jazz organist Larry Young's distinctive shift toward modal ...
Charlie Watts embodies this book’s thesis. It’s impossible to imagine the Rolling Stones without him, and he was just as crucial to their sound as Keith Richards’ guitar or Mick Jagger’s singing. In ...
On Thursday evening, Nov. 6, Michael Alibozek, 53 years old of Adams, was arrested by the Berkshire State Police Detective ...
Music has always been a part of the casino experience. Anyone who frequents these establishments is used to the sound of slot machines, the shuffle of ...
Lonnie Donegan left behind an incredibly influential musical legacy as the "King of Skiffle" in postwar England.
Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.
Fast forward a few decades, now the 21st century, I was asked to pair jazz with chamber music on the Eastern Shore. I turned to my friends.  A close friend, a jazz pianist himself, introduced me to ...
That lounge concept dates back to the late 1950s and ’60s, when the Vegas lounge underwent a transformation from drab, after-hours den to nightlife institution. Showcasing original acts like the Mary ...