People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...

A rising blues singer and saxophonist whose three albums in five years has gotten her nominated for five Blues Music Awards, will headline downtown Allentown’s 12th annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue ...

Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as a time to celebrate the legacy of jazz. April was designated Jazz Appreciation Month in part ...

CHICAGO — It’s one of the most thrilling musical scenes in a film packed with them: Aretha Franklin sings and struts around her tiny Maxwell Street diner, imploring her musician boyfriend to “Think” ...

Studio musicians contribute immeasurably, and often anonymously, to the fabric of pop music, making it a rarity when one rises above that anonymity the way saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft did as the ...

My good friend and writer Alan Paul, who I’ve known and worked with for many years, interviewed Dion for the Wall Street Journal and managed to also grab some phone time with Bruce Springsteen, who ...

FAIRFIELD — Just in case you’ve been wondering whether the blues is alive and kicking, check out Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne on Aug. 16 when it presents a full night of blues-based music by ...

The saxophone is having a moment again. That golden, smooth sound is popping up everywhere, and people can't get enough of it. It's showing up at weddings, rooftop parties, and live shows. The vibe is ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as a time to celebrate the legacy of jazz. April was designated Jazz Appreciation Month in part ...