Billboard named her the most popular female band vocalist of 1939, and she was the first to record the classic "Over the Rainbow." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bea Wain, a hit-making pop vocalist in ...

This is a great weekend for RVA big band music. On Friday night, local legend Doug Richards leads Laura Ann Singh and his ensemble in a Virginia Commonwealth University performance including his ...

A note to those who feel, not without merit, that popular culture is getting so stiflingly politically correct and even “woke” that it is being strangled to death: In 1989, when I published my book ...

Dan Gabel and His Orchestra featuring Kimberly Hawkey perform new show "The American Big Band Experience" on April 6 in Mechanics Hall. The show coincides with the release of Dan Gabel and his ...

Right from the jump, the horns hit with crisp urgency, heralding the arrival of Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band at the Tiny Desk. This is not your grandparents' — or even your great-grandparents' — big ...

If you love Broadway songs and Big Band music, you’re in for an amazing time with “Big Band Broadway,” starring Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte at the Westport Country Playhouse for five ...

When and where: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Cushing Highway About: Boston’s premiere Rat Pack tribute big band sets up shop on the South Shore for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foreigner and Lynyrd Skynyrd are among the touring bands without any original members, but the Glenn Miller Orchestra may have ...

A Big Band Christmas will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 520 Spring St., Jamestown. The concert celebrates the music and story of the Christmas season both sacred and secular. An ...

Get ready for a night of swing and soul! Join us on Saturday, May 17 at 7 PM at the historic Richey Suncoast Theatre for an unforgettable performance by the Tampa Bay Big Band! Known for their ...

David Miller's radio show, "Swingin' Down the Lane," now broadcast on more than 50 National Public Radio and community radio stations around the country, started out as "A Sentimental Journey." ...

Beaumont native Andre Harness was originally a drum major in high school before he started playing the saxophone in college at Lamar University. He went to school for music education, but ended up ...