The four-year BFA in Jazz and Contemporary Music is a uniquely challenging and flexible program that includes intensive courses in technical, conceptual, aesthetic, and historical aspects of jazz and ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

I’ve been living in a different space. I feel like you’ll hear that in the music,” he told XXL. “Me being creative and tapping with my voice, doing sounds, doing different melodies.

This is no mean feat for music played on old-fashioned instruments, far removed from the cheerful green folklore exported on St. Patrick's Day. Lankum prefers brown hues, which bring up smells of ...

Amy Gadiaga's jazz chanson. Hip-hop emerged from the voices of the unheard. But freedom doesn't ring the same for everyone. Follow along with the music featured in every episode.

Weston collaborated with Gnawa master Abdellah El Gourd to explore the roots of jazz and African music. The four-day celebration (April 27-30) emphasizes the city’s jazz heritage and highlights ...

As the great Nina Simone said, "Jazz is not just music, it is a way of life, it is a way of being, a way of thinking". The story of Jazz is written into the quest for human dignity, democracy and ...

The week's most popular artists across all genres, ranked by album and track sales as compiled by Luminate, radio airplay audience impressions as compiled by Luminate and streaming activity data ...

Getting children to explore music and describe what they hear is a useful way to help them grow their listening skills. Pick a piece of music to play and while listening to it ask children some ...

Whether you'd rather unplug while you listen to music or don't want to have multiple music subscriptions cluttering your phone, an MP3 player is an outdated yet still attainable solution.

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s ...