TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Downtown Texarkana set aside holiday celebrations recently to celebrate two of the cities’ identifying historical ingredients: railroads and Scott Joplin’s ragtime music. Dozens ...

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You hear the word “ragtime” and you might think old, like a hundred years old. But Kylan DeGhetaldi is having none of that. In his view, ragtime is the sound of young America. “We have 20 solo ...

The syncopated cakewalking craze called ragtime was born just before the turn of the 20th Century and died in the blaze of jazz with World War I. To most jazz fans of today, it sounds like something ...

Jim Boston, founder of the Great Plains Ragtime Society and the Rags to Riches Festival, in Omaha. Jim Boston was a 20-year-old student at Iowa State University in Ames, walking back to the dorm from ...

Some people think that ragtime started with Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Others, better informed, know that when Berlin’s song appeared (1911) ragtime had long since passed its peak.

Andrew Greene discovered ragtime music at age 11. The Broadneck resident had studied classical piano since age 4, and was a bit tired of Chopin. As a treat, his teacher introduced him to Scott ...

In a striking, bold and ambitious new production, triple Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Best Musical Revival 2010, 2011, 2012) adds a contemporary twist to this powerful musical. As the strains ...