I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Preservation Hall in New Orleans is a legendary beacon for jazz lovers worldwide. Since 1961, it has celebrated, protected, and kept the city’s iconic jazz ...

This is FRESH AIR. Today, our jazz historian, Kevin Whitehead, looks back at seven jazz notables who died this year. He earlier paid tribute to band leader Jack DeJohnette and to my late husband, the ...

La artista nominada a Tony, EMMY y GRAMMY, N’Kenge, ha compartido el video musical de su nuevo sencillo, “S’Wonderful,” la segunda pista de su álbum de 2025, CENTERSTAGE – Live from the Ella ...

Students protesting the closing of Cleveland State University's historic student-led radio station WCSB. (Credit: Mario Benjamin) The white ON AIR light was still glowing when the cops walked in. A ...

Cleveland State traded its scrappy student radio station for smooth jazz and empty promises. The students who built WCSB aren't letting anyone forget it Students protesting the closing of Cleveland ...

The white ON AIR light was still glowing when the cops walked in. A tiny bulb in a dirty old studio, shining on as if it had no idea its world was about to change. It was October 3, National College ...

As 2025 winds to a close, it’s a natural time to reflect on the lives and contributions of the musicians we lost this year. From National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri to “the ...

I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Few groups shaped modern jazz like Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Formed in the 1950s, the Messengers became the heartbeat of hard bop—soulful, ...

Renowned rock and blues singer Chris Rea has died, aged 74. The artist, whose hit song 'Driving Home For Christmas' is once again currently in the UK charts, passed away "following a short illness".

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...

They were called 'The Hit Factory' for good reason. In fact, the powerhouse pop production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman helped define what a hit factory even meant. When Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and ...