“We had a lot of fun with our past catalogue with songs about outer space,” singer/guitarist Nick MacDaniels of the band Big Something was saying. “This time, on our new album, the songs are more ...

In 2025, rock was still hanging in. As artificial intelligence infiltrates music, the genre’s handmade imperfections are more ...

Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground was quite a fan of jazz. In fact, he enjoyed the unique perspective of jazz and its freedom. Free-form jazz, specifically, could have easily inspired unique (and ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

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The Boston area has produced a long line of world-class musicians — from Aerosmith to New Edition to the next generation being trained at Berklee — so it’s no surprise our music clubs are teeming with ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Local artists filled the streets of downtown Rock Hill with jazz music on Sunday for the town’s annual Downtown Jazz Jam. MORE: ‘Jazz at the Gantt’: Man inspires art of jazz in Queen ...

Rock music is still the most popular music in America — just not among young people. While it is the clear favorite among Americans overall, adults under the age of 30 rank it third, behind hip hop ...