The Blue Notes' fiery kwela-flavoured jazz lit up the British scene. But its upbeat vibe commingled with sadness about separation from family, friends and roots back in South Africa. Becoming refugees ...

NAPA, Calif. -- Blue Notes Napa Jazz Festival at the Meritage Resort and Spa brought together some of the best of local and national Black music, art and food for a unique three-day experience over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Neil Diamond-themed music drama Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, ...

The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

Feb. 12 marks the 100th anniversary of the most famous and familiar work of American classical music, the splashy “Rhapsody in Blue.” It came to symbolize the Jazz Age and made an international ...

Meek Mill tapped Lil Uzi Vert for a dynamic joint performance of the rapper’s recent track “Blue Notes 2” on The Tonight Show. The pair unveiled the song on a smoke-covered stage, with clips from ...

For an artist averse to the spotlight and a man known for treasuring family over the trappings of success, Dennis Linde hosted one hell of a parade and party last Friday, Jan. 5. Though he wasn’t ...

Both light and sound travel as waves, with characteristics that allow people with typical vision and hearing to perceive and categorize them when they reach their eyes and ears: “That’s a small red ...

Though he grew up in Athens, Andreas Georgas didn’t hear about rembetika, the music commonly known as the “Greek blues,” until 1994, when he was 18. He was studying piano at Roosevelt University when ...

"Blue Notes" was a song that originally appeared on Meek Mill's 2016 project DC4. The track quickly became a fan favorite for its inspired instrumental (the sample of Snowy White's "Midnight Blues" ...