Credit: Future Last month, I delved into the world of fingerpicking in the Piedmont/Mississippi John Hurt/Rev. Gary ...

Jazz Power Initiative recently held its Syncopated Celebration 2026 fundraiser, hosted by 11-time Grammy Award winner Christian McBride. The event brought together artists, educators, supporters, and ...

Analysis: Nine members of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra died in the SS Rowan tragedy, but the band still played Dublin, Derry and Belfast shows In early December 1921, when many Irish minds were ...

Tems’ new EP explores the many facets of love, grappling with romantic desire and spiritual surrender against a foundation of syncopated log drums and 808s. Save this story Save this story There’s a ...

You’ve heard of the Rock Bottom Remainders, now meet the Editörial Standards, a jazz combo comprised of a half-dozen publishing pros. “At the Frankfurt Book Fair, 30% of the fair is meetings, but 70% ...

It's now been more than a century since a talented musical band first came to Liverpool - and while their story has been largely forgotten, there's been "nothing like them since." Through the ...

If ever there was a man who loved, supported and championed Black Theater and the contributions of Black artists on Broadway, it was the late Michael D. Dinwiddie, the curator of an absolutely ...

Grand Marshals Herlin Riley and Yolonda Lankford with Jazz St. Louis President and CEO Victor Goines paraded through Grand Center in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Jazz St. Louis on Tuesday.

When I first heard Scott Joplin’s “Bethena,” I was a college freshman and my friend Robert was playing it on the piano in a common room. The college’s century-old Steinway was appallingly out of tune, ...

I’ve been a fan of tap dancing since I was a kid watching stars like Ruby Keeler, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Shirley Temple and James Cagney in old movies before I discovered the even greater thrill ...

When you consider what goes into conceiving and producing a brand-new musical, you have to be impressed that Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s artistic team—and its board and supporters—come together ...