For almost 20 years, the 12 South Taproom hosted improvised live music on Mondays that outshone many of the city’s clubs with ...

Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the 2026 Blues Music ...

Chicago Latine New Play Festival and the season kickoff of Maxwell Street Market are among the highlights in the week ahead.

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

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As the blues developed and evolved into jazz, many of the musicians wanted to push the rules. Here are the general findings in jazz music: jazz styles such as swing and bebop are very fast in tempo ...

Zachary Scot Johnson isn’t doing it for the fame. There isn’t any. He isn’t doing it for the money. There isn’t any. He’s ...

Here are the common techniques and musical devices from the blues and jazz styles. Think of ways how they can be transferred to performance and composition tasks. In performance In composing 12-bar ...

The Blues: highlighting this Afro-American roots art form from its rural country roots to the urban manifestations and regional flavors that encompass the genre. Hosted by Tom Mazzolini.

May 8, 2026 • MUNA. Stephen Sanchez. Lykke Li. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashville about their favorite albums out Friday, May 8. Plus, a handful of NPR Music ...

This week's Trending Up looks at the Jackson siblings' respective streaming gains since the release of 'Michael,' along with new-old hits from Katy Perry and The Chemical Brothers. Ice Cube threw out ...

Every Friday, you get bombarded with new music. To make it easier to get on board with the most killer stuff, we’ve digested it all, and curated the ultimate weekly chart. Follow us on Apple Music, ...