Acclaimed guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli celebrates the 40th anniversary of his debut album with a collection of classic songs from Broadway and Hollywood Stage & Screen, due out April 21, 2023 via Palmetto Records, features songs spanning nearly a century, given new…
An invitation-only industry presentation, co-directed by Stephen Lloyd Helper and Arminda Thomas, will take place in New York City on Tuesday, March 7th and Wednesday, March 8th. Special show finale appearance by Bobby Rush! Bluesman Bobby Rush’s stories extend farther than…
via Relix Michael Cleveland, the most awarded International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddle Player of the Year, with twelve wins to his name, has a new album on the horizon titled Lovin’ Of The Game, set to release on March 3 via…
The Blues Foundation revealed the nominees for the 44th annual Blues Awards The Blues Music Awards bring together Blues performers, industry representatives, and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous…
via Pollstar Béla Fleck and Punch Brothers’ “My Bluegrass Heart” tour stop at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina, shimmered like new light through an old window. All the musicianship, improvisation and authenticity you…
Known mostly as a brilliant interpreter of 20th-century songs, Cécile McLorin Salvant has never made an album as heavy on original tunes, nor as stylistically adventurous, as this one. Her voice soars over Andrew Lloyd Webber-level pipe organ in one…
Photo Credit: John Watson New York native Catherine Russell performed in London for the first time at Dean Street Pizza Express on the final night of this year’s EG London Jazz Festival, bringing to a close more than fifty gigs…
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Ghost Song – Cécile McLorin SalvantFifty – The Manhattan Transfer Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals: “Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying” – Cécile McLorin Salvant Best Latin Jazz Album: Rhythm & Soul – Arturo Sandoval Best…
Congratulations to Béla Fleck, who took home four awards at the 33rd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, more than anyone else this year! Read all of his awards below: Instrumental Group of the Year – Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart…
A new musical about jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald is in the works from Anna Deavere Smith (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Notes From the Field). Titled ELLA: An American Miracle, the work will portray Fitzgerald at different points in her life, drawing from her own songbook for the…