A New Orleans Gumbo” is planning a Broadway bow after opening last month at Arizona’s Phoenix Theater Company. The new ...

Baker was one of Atlantic Records' first big success stories, with a series of hits in the 1950s, including "Bumblebee" and "Jim Dandy." She died in 1997. Originally broadcast in 1991.

When Judas Priest recorded their cover of Black Sabbath‘s “War Pigs” earlier this year, that was only the first step of the ...

The Western Massachusetts country artist's duo will perform several shows in the region, including at The Big E.

In the 1960s, he and his fellow singer Howard Kaylan embodied the feel-good sound of the Turtles. The two later found new ...

The Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall will open its upcoming season on Sept. 27 with a grand dame of jazz, New Orleans vocalist and ...

This is FRESH AIR. Up next in our archive series R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll, we have an interview with rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker. Baker was one of Atlantic's first big success ...

Catherine Russell leads the Jazz Hounds band on a trip through jazz history. This 9/3 show celebrated the release of her new ...

When I was new to the music, all the standard histories of jazz were keen to dismiss what they derisively referred to as the “Vaudeville Blues” singers of the Jazz Age. I remember one line in ...