The DownBeat Magazine Readers Poll announced its list of winners for 2016 and TKA is proud to recognize a number of our artists on their list. Check out our winners below! 81st ANNUAL…
Lindsey Rhoades for THE VILLAGE VOICE – No player in the history of the banjo has done more to free the instrument from the confines of bluegrass than New York native Béla Fleck. His innovative playing has melded the banjo with…
TKA is proud to announce that Joey DeFrancesco has been added to the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame in honor of his exemplary career and indelible influence. From the press release: “For the first time in its 30-year history, the Philadelphia…
Lucy Wang for THE HARVARD CRIMSON – Stevie Wonder tunes, Latin dances, and jazzy melodies reverberated through Sanders Theatre among snaps and nodding heads as Béla Fleck and Victor Wooten strummed away on Saturday night. Sounds of Fleck’s banjo and Wooten’s bass…
Last time Sonny Knight and the Lakers stopped by The Current, they performed with legends. This time around — their third performance in our studios — the eight-piece band performed as luminaries themselves. In support of their new Sooner or…
Harold López Nussa sits down and performs for Tom Ashbrook. The two discuss his Cuban heritage, his career as a jazz innovator, and his indelible blend of Afro-Cuban roots with the history of the genre. As Ashbrook describes: “Havana, Cuba is the…
It is with heavy hearts that TKA recognizes the passing of our friend and client Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr., bandleader of Buckwheat Zydeco. Born in Lafayette, LA in 1947, Buck spent his long and illustrious music career celebrating the music…
Davina and The Vagabonds recently brought their one-of-a-kind stage show to The Lowertown Line program on TPT. Check out a video of the performance here. Davina and The Vagabonds at TKA
Today is the day that Grammy® Award winning vocalist Catherine Russell releases her latest album, “Harlem On My Mind” (Jazz Village.) There will be an album release performance in New York City on Thursday, September 29 at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola,…
This year’s Montreux Jazz Festival featured a blues legend in the making, Jack Broadbent. Here’s a video of his unforgettable set at Montreux. Jack at TKA