"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Stella Cole never expected this life. She craved it, of course, touring the country and singing jazz ...

After decades as one of Minnesota’s top rock ‘n’ rollers, Tina Schlieske has gone all in on singing standards. The tuxedo jacket, the jazzy arrangements, material from the Sinatra songbook. “Singing ...

"I always knew I wanted to sing. I don't think I vocalized it, but I felt it," says Ann Mack, a lifelong performer and, at 85, a relative newcomer to the Bay Area jazz scene. Hailing from Cleveland ...

Five years ago, Laufey knew who she was. “Or at least I knew the many different people I was,” she says. “What I didn’t know was who I was as one person.” The daughter of an Icelandic father and a ...

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Stella Cole never expected this life. She craved it, of course, touring the country and singing jazz standards to audiences, but it never felt possible. Who would want to listen to her sing songs from ...