Eric Dozier is a self-described “itinerant blues preacher,” musician, and educator on a mission “to promote healing, justice and racial...

Throughout a 60-year career of renowned jazz piano mastery, Beegie Adair's unique style left a lasting impact on classic songs. While...

Very few artists have impacted music like the "Queen of Soul." Here is a showcase of some rare and classic live performances: full of...

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In the 1950s and 1960s, Anthony Ortega, Ralph Peña, and Chuck Flores brought their own unique sounds into a jazz world that seemed to...

Today Cuppa Go begins a journey through musical forms across the globe that are central to cultural traditions. Music, as a universal...

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Selling more than 50 million records while breaking racial barriers, they are one of music history's best-loved and most influential...

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Take a break and listen to some classic Brazilian music that has circled the world and planted songs in people's minds everywhere. Bossa...

Historically, many areas of instrumental music, especially the guitar, have been heavily male-dominated. But today, these Mexican women...

The iconic king of the romantic ballad has been recording and packing concert halls for more than sixty years, and he's still going...

The 'First Lady of Song' is not only widely considered the greatest female jazz singer of all time in her own right, but her...

This is one of the hardest working musicians out there! Playing an amazing range of instruments with high-energy virtuosity, this Swedish...

Carmen McRae was one of the great jazz singers, finding the tender, warm, or heartache depth in the songs she wrote and performed. An...

Now nearly forgotten, Lovie Austin was a founding talent of the Golden Age of Jazz and leader of her own band, the Blues Serenaders,...

Among the most influential living members of Latin America’s musical avant-garde, for more than fifty years, Joaquín Orellana has been...

Ground-breaking jazz pianist, band-leader, and composer-arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi not only gave the world astonishing music, but made the...

Enjoy rare live performances of the singer and civil rights activist who has been called the most important vocalist to move freely among...