He is a father of three (one daughter died last year) and grandfather of three and passed his love of music to his sons. His new trumpet, which he said he's still getting used to playing ...

Unsurprisingly, some venues are better geared toward promoting that sense of atmosphere and connection. To bring you the very best in American music venues, I’m kicking off the list with suggestions ...

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I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still considered his most commercially successful single in ...

And for years, they’ve also been developing docu-concert productions that reinterpret classic songs with a mix of music and documentary-style storytelling. Joshua Chong is a Toronto-based arts ...

Stephen Foster, also known as the Father of American Music, wrote “Oh, Susanna” in 1848. He said the money he received from the song “had the effect of starting me on my present vocation as ...

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Award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis tells Katty Kay how growing up surrounded by music shaped his own journey with jazz. The enigmatic musician has released one of the most raved-about LPs of ...

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Welcome to our guide to the best music streaming services. 20 years ago, when CDs were medium number one and musicians could still make a living from selling their records, the idea of having almost ...