The musicians seated closest to him nodded their acquiescence, but a few others were too busy chatting between numbers to have heard, and had to be shushed by their fellows. As Mazzy began quietly ...

Sophie Clarke rounds up some of this year’s standout events from Belfast’s citywide celebration of music and creativity ...

On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...

Music lovers are gathering through the weekend for the Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, a celebration honoring the life and contributions of the New Orleans jazz legend. As his legacy is ...

S pokesman Colin Jilks said: “Steyning Jazz Club is toe-tappingly excited to present The Bateman Brothers' Jazz Band, a ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

That U.S.-hip-sounding line, strangely enough, is as British as “jolly good,” or “raw-ther.” It describes a musical fad that has washed over Britain. “Trad” is traditional jazz, the 1920s variety now ...

When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...