The venerable blues club Antone's celebrates its golden anniversary this week with some special album packages, heading a ...

Few touring acts are in New Orleans this week. Live music highlights include a couple of album release shows by local artists ...

It’s got some blues on it — I guess it’s more jazz-blues — but rock and metal fans like the blues, so this is a language that feels natural to them.

One of the most celebrated jazz records of all time, “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis is a cornerstone for any jazz collection. The album’s modal improvisation and iconic lineup of artists ...

Four of 2024’s standout jazz albums came from saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins, 27, Charles McPherson, 85, Charles Lloyd, 86, and Marshall Allen, 100.

This list from WBEZ and sister station Vocalo blurs lines and mixes genres, from hip-hop and R&B to indie rock, blues and jazz. 2024 brought forth a wealth of Chicago music spanning all genres. As ...

Raitt’s blues recall her personal struggles. Mitchell’s jazz highlights her unrepentant iconoclasm, her unwillingness to make endless copies of her masterpiece.

Most think of the origins of the blues in terms of the Delta acoustic guitar style yet Afro-Romani cornetist, saxophonist, ...

In 2010, singer & composer Ravid Kahalani founded the rare combination of top musicians we now call Yemen Blues. From the start, Yemen Blues created an original sound that became a new language in ...

Instead, he played with a multitude of combos including piano, organ, vibraphone, and saxophone. But in 1969 John McLaughlin broke the mold; with his first album, Extrapolation, he shattered jazz ...

Batiste has previously notched seven top 10-charting sets on both the Traditional Jazz Albums and overall Jazz Albums charts, including one No. 1, Social Music, in 2014. Beethoven Blues is his ...