via WRTI Catherine Russell has long had a gift for breathing new life into old songs, with no special trick beyond the clarity of her singing and the purity of her intention. Her latest single perfectly illustrates why those two elements…
via NYT Other winners in the classical field on Sunday included Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” which had its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 2021, the first opera by a Black composer in the Met’s history. It won for best opera recording,…
via New York Times Cécile McLorin Salvant, ‘D’un Feu Secret’ Cécile McLorin Salvant, one of her generation’s finest jazz singers, throws a high-concept curveball on her coming album, “Mélusine.” It retells a European folk tale — about love, a curse,…
The Texas Songwriters Association has named Alligator Records artist Marcia Ball its 2023 “Texas Music Legend.” She will be presented with the coveted Darryl K. Royal (DKR) Texas Music Legends Award in a ceremony to be held on February 25,…
Acclaimed guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli celebrates the 40th anniversary of his debut album with a collection of classic songs from Broadway and Hollywood Stage & Screen, due out April 21, 2023 via Palmetto Records, features songs spanning nearly a century, given new…
An invitation-only industry presentation, co-directed by Stephen Lloyd Helper and Arminda Thomas, will take place in New York City on Tuesday, March 7th and Wednesday, March 8th. Special show finale appearance by Bobby Rush! Bluesman Bobby Rush’s stories extend farther than…
via Relix Michael Cleveland, the most awarded International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddle Player of the Year, with twelve wins to his name, has a new album on the horizon titled Lovin’ Of The Game, set to release on March 3 via…
The Blues Foundation revealed the nominees for the 44th annual Blues Awards The Blues Music Awards bring together Blues performers, industry representatives, and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous…
via Pollstar Béla Fleck and Punch Brothers’ “My Bluegrass Heart” tour stop at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina, shimmered like new light through an old window. All the musicianship, improvisation and authenticity you…
Known mostly as a brilliant interpreter of 20th-century songs, Cécile McLorin Salvant has never made an album as heavy on original tunes, nor as stylistically adventurous, as this one. Her voice soars over Andrew Lloyd Webber-level pipe organ in one…