Apr 22, 2016 6:24 AM
Blues Guitarist Lonnie Mack Dies at 74
Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack died on April 21 of natural causes at Centennial Medical Center near his…
Lonnie Mack (1941–2016)
Apr 22, 2016 6:24 AM
Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack died on April 21 of natural causes at Centennial Medical Center near his…
Prince (1958–2016)
Apr 21, 2016 9:01 AM
Prince, a singer-songwriter who mixed r&b, funk, rock and jazz elements into a style all his own, has died at the age of…
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Apr 20, 2016 11:55 AM
Long before he grew into the eclectic guitarist who counts Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed and Roswell Rudd…
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Apr 20, 2016 11:04 AM
Bassist Ron Carter—a DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee and a native of Detroit—will serve as…
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Apr 20, 2016 8:44 AM
Pete Yellin, an acclaimed alto saxophonist and jazz educator, passed away in Berkeley, California, on April 13,…
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Apr 19, 2016 8:50 AM
The 2016 Blue Note Jazz Festival will take place June 1–30, and will feature over 100 events in 10 venues…
The hardest-to-find titles sold on Record Store Day are the limited-run/regional focus releases. The LP Dark Territory, by Dave Douglas’ band High Risk, is limited to 600 copies.
Apr 12, 2016 4:11 PM
Fat Possum is offering the Junior Kimbrough track “I Gotta Try You Girl,” remixed by Daft Punk as a 12-inch single,…
The Last Word On First Blues, the first-ever box set of Ginsberg’s singer-songwriter recordings, is due out May 20 on Omnivore Recordings (Photo: Courtesy omnivorerecordings.com)
Apr 11, 2016 7:52 AM
In 1971, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and folk singer Bob Dylan collaborated on a little-known recording project with poet…
Caetano Veloso (left) and Gilberto Gil will release Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live on April 8 via Nonesuch Records. (Photo: Courtesy of the artists)
Apr 8, 2016 8:08 AM
A pair of legendary Brazilian songwriters—who just so happen to be lifelong friends—will appear together on…
Branford Marsalis (left) and Kurt Elling will release the album Upward Spiral via Marsalis Music/OKeh Records on June 10. (Photos: Courtesy DL Media)
Apr 7, 2016 12:24 PM
Things are looking up for saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Kurt Elling, who will add a shared title to their…
