The iconic Charleston, S.C. band brings the Gullah to NPR in this special session with World Cafe. Watch Now Ranky Tanky on TKA
“Béla Fleck, the world’s preeminent banjo player, and Edmar Castañeda, a peerless master of the Colombian harp, share more than a penchant to pluck magic out of strings. Both musicians are keen listeners with lightning reflexes and the ability to pounce…
Digital music curator Okayplayer debuts Blow The Horns, the final video off the Soul Rebels’ imminent release Poetry In Motion, out in stores and platforms everywhere October 25. Watch Blow The Horns The Soul Rebels on TKA
Congratulations To Our Winners! Female Vocalist: Cécile McLorin Salvant Guitar: Pat Metheny Male Vocalist: Kurt Elling Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo) Organ: Joey DeFrancesco And Kudos To Our Published Nominees: Jazz Artist: Wynton Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Pat Metheny, Fred…
Performing alongside with Rhiannon Giddens and Charenée Wade, Lizz Wright delivers a stunning performance at the Lincoln Center as one of the feature performers to celebrate the “founding mothers” of American popular music. Read About NPR’s The Turning Tables Series…
“An unflinching work…of great beauty and extreme shock value” Cécile McLorin Salvant’s new project “Ogresse” is a 90-minute song cycle accompanied by a 13-piece orchestra, fusing musical styles as disparate as jazz and bluegrass, the blues and opera, and so…
“Taking the best elements from the classic blues genre, Jack Broadbent’s newest single ‘Wishing Well’ serves up a tumbler of acoustic guitar that sings the blues—on the rocks, with an unbelievably catchy twist.” -Valeria Kolomiets Listen to Wishing Well now…
The Soul Rebels’ ever-expanding and atypical list of collaborators includes everyone from Marilyn Manson to Matisyahu, Robin Thicke to Robert Glasper. They’ve opened for The Rolling Stones, appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” performed at Jazz Fest with…
Blues legend Bobby Rush makes a cameo appearance in the new Netflix film Dolemite Is My Name starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, and directed by Craig Brewer (Black Snake Moan, Hustle & Flow). Check out the limited theatrical release…
Joey De Francesco put the listeners of WBGO’s Morning Jazz in the center of his musical universe, stopping in to play organ and Fender Rhodes (and trumpet!), with Troy Roberts on saxophone and bass and Ralph Peterson, Jr. on drums.…