In the mid-1900s, Houston’s Third ... songs meet Newbury’s train songs and “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain,” the blues is still ...

Perth Festival artistic director Anna Reece had renowned jazz vocalist Ali Bodycoat hooked at the words ‘big band’ while ...

The American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame will induct a new group of banjo pioneers during a ceremony later this year, the ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Gene Austin, the original crooner whose recordings sold 86 million copies in the Twenties and Thirties, lost his battle with lung cancer on Jan. 24, 1972.

The American Mavericks Project has revealed the winners of its inaugural 2024 Call for Scores, which solicited solo piano ...

Then, in February 1972, in a plot twist worthy of an old blues ... song per side, each lasting 16 to 20 minutes. To be fair, that characteristic makes a case for the basic unsuitability of the ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and its ...