Classical Blues Cabaret's Rosa Vidro Richardson, left, Phil Weaver, Ingrid von Spakovsky and "Microwave Dave" Gallaher. (Courtesy image/ photo Dennis Keim/ graphic Meredith Kilby) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama ...
Regina Carter has been widely hailed as the finest violinist in jazz. But that only tells part of the story for this Detroit native, whose past collaborators range from Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin ...
The cavalcade of homegrown musical talent continued at the Music Oasis with Classical/Blues Cabaret. As its name suggests, Classical/Blues Cabaret is an amalgam, with one member of the trio on ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Some people might be clutching their pearls hearing that..." Jon Batiste dishes on his new album "Beethoven Blues," and explains ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have early memories of sitting in the grocery store parking lot with my dad and my sister, patiently waiting for my mom to come ...
NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...
Rachel Barton Pine. Photo by Andrew Eccles. Violinist (and veteran Classical Classroom guest) Rachel Barton Pine talks all about her Music by Black Composers initiative, a project that’s been in the ...
Louis Valentine Johnson, an Idaho native, composer and founder of the Idaho State University guitar program, has released a CD of guitar music as a tribute to his late son, Alex Johnson, who died at ...
NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...