Vaden and Isbell were playing the Paramount in Jimi Hendrix's hometown Seattle when they invited another local legend onstage to join them. A top-tier performance ensues ...

The world of live music is one of constant flux. Each song is a statement to the world and then others respond, the result is ...

By the time Gram Parsons died – aged just 26, on 19 September 1973 – he’d already made an indelible impression on rock music.

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.

The Roots in the Garden concert series returns to Daniel Boone Native Gardens for its fourth season, with five free outdoor ...

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 ...