The inimitable Fats Waller gave it to me. In 1943, if you couldn’t get a ticket to the new Broadway hit “Oklahoma!” one show ...

James Barnes — known to audiences throughout the region as JB — carries the blues in his blood. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and ...

American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

As legendary costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who has won Oscars for her past two collaborations with Coogler, tells Gold ...

Lady Sings the Blues is one of Billie Holiday’s signature recordings, and it’s a masterclass in vocal jazz. From the opening ...

Film drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" may be set in the racially divided United States of the 1920s and was written almost 40 ...

Directed by Olivia Newman and starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, the upcoming Neil Diamond biopic promises not just a ...

Experience the third annual Houston Bluesfest 2025, celebrating Texas blues, art and Fifth Ward’s legacy with live ...

To truly appreciate the history of Asheville's role in the birth of country music, you must understand its roots.

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the ...

Tune in to KRVS on Sundays at 5 p.m. for a journey through the traditional and contemporary folk music of Ireland and the ...