After being a Milwaukee music legend for years, Manty Ellis has been recognized by the Jazz Foundation of America for his ...

Harley Benton has launched the Custom Line Nashville Nylon BK, a singlecut thinline nylon-string guitar with onboard ...

Hot news tips are coming in by the minute, disrupting this well-planned jazz festival column. First up, local singer-songwriter Frances Ellen, fresh off a support gig for Search For Yeti at the Jam ...

The first time you hear Mei Semones, you’re likely to contort yourself into some weird shapes in an attempt to describe her music. My first pass, “Pat Metheny and Gilberto Gil start a Midwest emo band ...

During his career, Cray has appeared as an extra in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” won a Grammy Award for his 1986 album ...

The Hope College jazz ensembles, joined by acclaimed trumpeter Kerry Moffit as a guest artist, will present “An Evening of ...

At 81, Jim McCarty loves playing the greatest hits of The Yardbirds, but he knows today’s fans also like to hear tales of the ...

Mr. Freeman's guitar solos were throaty and daring and danced around the sax work of greats like Gene Ammons and Charlie ...

From the godfather of thumpin’ and pluckin’ to Victor Wooten’s game-changing slap technique, we bring you the players that you must know if you want to call yourself a true bass aficionado ...

After honing his craft studying jazz and improvisation, cutting his teeth sessioning for names like Robin Thicke and FKA Twigs, and creating alternative R&B with his brother under the moniker Inc. No ...