Ben Rector may not be a “hype person” — a point he has reiterated in interviews and on social media — but he’s been proud to tout “The Joy of Music” as the album he’s wanted to make for more than a ...

WORCESTER — Saturday, Feb. 20 will see the 30th JOMPATHON and, safe to say, one like no other. But while the event will be online for the first time, the cause and spirit is still the same as Joy of ...

One month earlier, several days after Joy celebrated her 23rd birthday, she'd been named a nominee in two categories at the 65th Grammy Awards: best jazz vocal album, for her strong sophomore effort ...

When Francis "Frank" Graffeo was growing up, his dad lost his job and was unemployed for more than a year. Graffeo had a big family and there wasn't any room in the family budget to pay for his piano ...

For Samara Joy, music runs in her blood. Her paternal grandparents founded The Savettes, a gospel group originating in Philadelphia. Her father was a famous bassist who toured with famed gospel artist ...

Students Lila McBean and Lindsey Lemons play viola after school at Kidznotes, a Durham-based nonprofit children's orchestra. You know that feeling when you’re playing music and you can hear the ...

Mt. Joy is gassing up the Astrovan next year for another tour, which will include two homecoming shows in Philadelphia. The indie rock band — which was formed by Chester County natives Matt Quinn and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – World-famous opera singer Renee Fleming from Rochester is working with the National Institutes of Health to see what music does to her brain. Fleming sang in an MRI machine, and the ...

Five years for most people is encapsulated in photographs and old memories but, for frontman Matt Quinn, it’s etched in Mt. Joy’s music. To Quinn, the quintet’s folksy music exists in a dichotomy ...