With news of the Jazz at Richardson being “halted” in 2025, it’s perfect timing to announce the line-up for The Colored ...

Edgar proceeds chronologically, from jazz’s origin in African diaspora music to the development of its “background genres,” namely spirituals, gospel, and the blues.

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

The 37th annual Jazz in the Park summer concert series begins July 10 at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. The National Trappers ...

On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away after a long illness.

Two aspects drew Moholo-Moholo to the improvised jazz and free music scene in Europe. The first was that it chimed with African heritage music: But the second was the politics : ...

Now ending his sophomore year, 16-year-old Jonas Ballantyne was recently named Best Jazz Soloist in the junior high category in DownBeat Magazine’s annual Student Music Awards.

On the heels of jazz fest, Nuits d’Afrique celebrates body-moving sounds from around the globe, with an emphasis on African, Caribbean and Latin-American rhythms.

Landmark concert venues, museums, and music trails around the South continue to tell the region’s ever-changing sonic story.

Louis, with his sharp humour and deep musical insight, spoke passionately about jazz, about South Africa, about exile ... reminder that art and activism are inseparable. For them, music was never just ...