WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with bassist and festival producer Mike Griot and WBGO's Blues reporter Dave Popkin about "The Soul ...

Mac Arnold, born in 1942 in Ware Place, South Carolina, is a powerhouse in jazz and blues whose career spans decades and ...

"Lady Sings the Blues" is much more than a song—it’s the title of Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography and a window into the life of one of jazz’s most iconic voices.

Houston native James Francies headlines this performance, which closes the fall section of the Bayou City Music Serie. At just 22 years old, Francies is considered one of the premiere pianists of his ...

For 20 years, Nick Johnson, under his radio sobriquet of Dr. Nick, has charismatically and creatively brought the sounds of blues and soul, new and old, popular and obscure, to listeners via a trio of ...

If you’ve been wondering when Glendale’s Westside Blues, Jazz and More will make its long-awaited return, there’s finally an answer. The speakeasy-style nightclub and music venue, located at 17045 N.

The compositions that we refer to as "jazz standards" were the pop songs of their time, before gradually developing into mainstays of the jazz repertoire. This week we focus on jazz interpretations of ...

Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - “They” said it would never happen, but it boy-howdy did it. To paraphrase Soul Coughing’s anti-hit “Screenwriter’s Blues,” it was 9 p.m. and we were “lis-ten-ing to Los Angeles” by ...