Grammy-winning Giddens fused folk, opera, jazz, pop and classical elements in a recital ‘honouring composers who don’t often get called composers’ ...
Hootenanny is a simple word that can mean a small object or a fun music gathering. It became popular in the 1930s with folk musicians like Pete Seeger and later in the 1960s TV show “Hootenanny.” ...
Some of protest music’s power has to do with singing itself. Making music in a group creates a tangible sense of community ...
The Stones are still playing. Herbie Hancock is teaching at the Herbie Hancock institute at UCLA. We live in a golden age. This is our chance to really listen.
Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.
Viper Room, VIP Records, the Troubadour, Whisky a Go Go, Capitol Records, Hollywood Forever Cemetery: Here's a guided tour ...
This week’s top San Diego concert picks include Leonard Patton & Peter Sprague at Meraki, Dom Flemons and Hot Club of Cowtown ...
Garage rock is an amorphous label, embracing virtually anything from the mid-1960s that sounds intense and energetic and isn’t overly polished. The term has been used interchangeably with punk rock ...
The immersive concert-style tribute show will recreate the magic and authenticity of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel live on ...
We caught up with Simon to find out more… What first drew you to songwriting, and how did it become a creative outlet for you? Songwriting for me evolved out of writing a lot of poetry when recovering ...
The Jefferson Street Sound Museum and the Museum of Christian and Gospel Music in Nashville have been added to the Civil ...
With the death of Ralph Towner (1940 – 2026) contemporary jazz lost one of its most prolific and distinctive voices. How many ...