Cory Wong understood the moment when he called Dave Koz to the stage on Sunday night. "It's like Shaggy and Sting," Wong said at the MainStage Tent at Crooners in Fridley. "Why are they doing stuff ...

The six-piece ensemble Audio Angel & Her Good Intentions play a blend of original songs and re-imagined classics with a style that she has dubbed “the live mixtape.” ...

The Birchmere will host an unforgettable evening of smooth, soulful and funky rhythms on Aug. 15, when it welcomes Jazz Funk Soul, featuring three of today’s most influential and accomplished ...

With its mix of jazz greats, global innovators, and breakthrough Irish talent, it’s set to be another incredible weekend of ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -Southwest Virginia native Isaac Hadden is the creator of not one musical group, but two. You could say he’s been playing music his whole life. “I had my first little banjo ukelele ...

The Gold Coast Jazz Society will launch its 2025–2026 concert season with the explosive energy of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something magical about George Duke’s music that’s hard to put into words—but you feel it. Whether he’s laying down a slick funk groove or caressing a melody on the piano, ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

*The 22nd Annual Gardena Jazz Festival lit up Rowley Park on August 24, 2025, with over 7,000 jazz lovers in attendance. Blessed with perfect Sunday weather, fans gathered to enjoy food vendors, local ...

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

Cochemea Gastelum is a horn player rooted in groove music: part of a network of players associated with Brooklyn’s Daptone label, he’s worked with Amy Winehouse, Antibalas, and Sharon Jones, an anchor ...