• Acadiana Music Spotlight: Bruisey Peets
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Bruisey Peets Bruisey Peets is the musical alter ego of Ben Usie, who makes what has been deemed "queer swamp pop."
  • Bid on the bard: Auction features historic items from Bob Dylan's life
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Bob Dylan at a press conference in London in 1966. The lot includes about 50 items and features early handwritten drafts for Dylan's hit "Mr. Tambourine Man" as well as photographs, posters and a signed harmonica.
  • Two new operas focus on the Black female experience
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton (center) narrates <em>Future of Dreams</em>, an opera composed by Jaylin Vinson about two Black women running for mayor of Houston in 2064. Two short operas that got their premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. feature Black female protagonists.
  • The Contenders, Vol. 2: The songs we can't stop playing this week
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) is back with the song, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)." class="feed_informer_first_image" /> Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) is back with her first new album since her memoir, Crying in H Mart , blew up. We've got the first single from it, plus a Sufjan Stevens-produced Denison Witmer track and more. Enjoy the show? Tell a...
  • We debate the best one-hit wonders
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    undefined Some bands are The Beatles and some singers are Beyoncé: Smash after smash, their legend grows. And some artists aren't. For any one of a bunch of reasons — commercial, artistic and mysterious — some artists have one big hit song, but...
  • Courtney Pine: In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside Of You)
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Fabienne Ambuehl: Thrive
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Swiss singer and pianist Fabienne Ambuehl emerged onto the jazz scene with her debut album Glitterwoods (Traumton) in 2015. She cultivated her musical skills at the jny: Lucerne School of Music, also studying with Asaf Sirkis and Gwilym...
  • Gregory Porter at The Paramount Theatre
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Glebe: Gaudi
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Few jazz groups have a name as uniquely tied to their shared history as Glebe . The band's name reflects their early days living in a shared flat above a fish and chip shop on Glebe Place, where guitarist Kieran Gunter and pianist Chris...
  • Sound of Germantown: Byard Lancaster, Monnette Sudlar, Marshall Allen
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Derek Gripper and Ballaké Sissoko: Strings in Perfect Harmony
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Interviews
  • The Tiny Desk Contest is back for 2025
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    undefined The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist.
  • Willie Watson rediscovered his voice on his latest self-titled record
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Willie Watson The musician and founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show put his songwriting chops to the test on Willie Watson.
  • Machel Montano: Tiny Desk Concert
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Machel Montano performs a Tiny Desk concert. Stretch and loosen up before pushing play on this one, because there is no sitting still when soca fills the room.
  • Is your favorite pop star spreading propaganda?
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Which America is Beyoncé serving us? Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter-themed NFL halftime show performance showcased Black Americana, and drew in millions of viewers, but it left some viewers asking: Is she America's greatest propagandist? And which version of America is she...
  • Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: Rio Fantasia
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    After 15 years in operation, the Duduka Da Fonseca Trio remains one of the most vital Brazilian combos in the business. Since forming this Rio de Janeiro-based unit with pianist David Feldman and bassist Guto Wirtti back in 2009, the...
  • Nate Najar and Daniela Soledade with the Jimmy Masters Trio at the Sandler Center
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Anna Webber: simpletrio2000
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Although the name of saxophonist and flautist Anna Webber 's trio with pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer John Hollenbeck might suggest something easy to understand, there is nothing straightforward about their output... [ read more ]
  • Stephen Davis Unit, Shannon Barnett and Isaiah Collier
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • New Year, New Releases From Benjie Porecki, Brulez Les Meubles, Remembering Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Angela Bofill and More
    Monday, January 13, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • AWARD / GRANT: Saxophonist/Composer Javon Jackson And Poet Nikki Giovanni Nominated For NAACP Image Award In 'Outstanding Jazz Album' Category
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • Sam Blakeslee Large Group at BLU Jazz+
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Arthur Blythe Quartet: Live From Studio Rivbea, July 6, 1976
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Saxophonist Arthur Blythe arrived in New York City in 1974 with a gorgeous tone and a fully formed conception. Having featured in the ensembles of pianist Horace Tapscott in his native LA, he first caught the ear in the Big Apple after...
  • Two First Visits From ezz-thetics
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Joe Robson: Home
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Many artists draw inspiration from their homeland's folk traditions, which are often reflected in their compositions and playing style. This fusion is particularly evident in Scottish jazz, where prominent performers like Fergus...
  • Meet Jenny Scheinman
    Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • PERFORMANCE / TOUR: Announcing Two Iconic Jazz Artists In Concert At Hudson Hall: Legendary Vocalist Marilyn Maye February 14 And Marc Ribot Quartet February 22, 2024
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • Starflyer 59 reimagines three decades of music as lullabies
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
    Starflyer 59 Starflyer 59's Déjame Dormir strips away layers of distortion and feedback for something soft and sleepy.
  • A Bouquet of Basho: The Musical Legacy of a Legend
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Ben Paterson: Cookin' in the Couvre
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Ben Paterson 's release Cookin' in the Couve captures the energy and intimacy of a jazz trio in full swing. The album features Paterson on piano, Neal Miner on bass and Aaron Seeber on drums as they deliver hard-swinging blues-infused...
  • Space: Embrace the Space
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    The second album from the Swedish collective Space, comprising pianist Lisa Ullén , bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund , finds further intrigue and sustenance in the soil that nurtured its eponymous 2022 debut ... [ read...
  • Mads Tolling: Jazz Collaborations and Classics Reimagined
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Mike Stern, Kjetil Mulelid, Arve Henriksen, Jim Hart and More
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Lisa Pegher: Rhythms, Circuits, and Artificial Intelligence
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • Peter Erskine and The JAM Music Lab All-Stars: Vienna to Hollywood
    Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • RECORDING: Backgrounder: Jack Sheldon - Jack's Groove (1959)
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • The Creative Convergence Of R*Time And Doug Hammand
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Interviews
  • Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • RADIO: JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 13, 2025
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • Niwel Tsumbu: Milimo
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Congolese-born, Ireland-based guitarist Niwel Tsumbu admits that it took some plucking up of courage to make a solo album. Since moving to Cork in 2004 Tsumbu has always played in collaborative settings encompassing, jazz, rock,...
  • Savina Yannatou / Julius Gabriel / Agusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez: In The Light Of The Current Myth
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Although this is the first release by the quintet of saxophonist Julius Gabriel , pianist Agustí Fernández , drummer Ramon López , bassist Barry Guy and vocalist Savina Yannatou , all five have been members of Guy's...
  • PAZ, Steve Lehman, Jimi Tenor, Medline, LA BOA meets Tony Allen, Greg Spero and Nicole McCabe, and More
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • 100% Cottone, Federico Calcagno Octet, FaKruTu and much more
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
  • PERFORMANCE / TOUR: Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s February Line-up With Pianist Jacky Terrasson, Eric Alexander Quartet, Jazz Messengers Alumni, And A Special Valentine’s Week With Beloved Vocalist Mary Stallings
    Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • RECORDING: Perfection: Bill Evans - Reflections in D
    Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • RECORDING: Brian Eaton’s 'Trail of Contrition' Brings Jazz Fusion to New Frontiers
    Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz News
  • Felipe Senna and Câmaranóva: Overture
    Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Felipe Senna 's expansive oeuvre defies genre, encompassing popular, classical, jazz, folkloric, abstract and narrative elements. Music, as he put it, "needs no excuses to thrill and move us...that's why I believe genre and style are not...
  • Bley School: Where?
    Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
    Punningly recalling beloved British children's TV programme Play School, the name Bley School neatly encapsulates what is afoot on this album, representing an open-minded and irreverent fondness for tunes, especially those associated...
  • Vicente Archer: 150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting Pursuit of Music
    Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Interviews
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