Don’t worry, Cécile McLorin Salvant is weird in all the right ways. Case in point: on her latest album “Oh Snap” there’s a 27-second interlude where she riffs on the ...
Minnesota sends a steep package, including 5 players and 5 picks, to Utah. From NBA.com News Services Rudy Gobert averaged 15.6 ppg and 14.7 rpg and will join fellow All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns in ...
A new piano bar and jazz club is joining Fondren’s entertainment scene this week.Louise’s, a cocktail-forward lounge inspired by the golden age of jazz and classic Hollywood style, will open to the ...
Playing jazz alone on piano might sound hard, but it’s simpler than you think. With a few key techniques, you can make one instrument sound like an entire group. This lesson shows you how to do it ...
Hollywood producer Tom Rice has returned to his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, to open a new business. Rice is opening Louise's Piano Bar, an art-deco styled club in the Fondren District. The venue ...
For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith Jarrett’s passionate and sublime The Köln Concert—though she’d been essential ...
When you think of rock anthems, the roaring riffs of electric guitars often steal the spotlight. Yet, tucked away beneath the layers of distortion, many of your favourite hits have a surprising origin ...
A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a ...
Earlier this week, André 3000 surprise-dropped an improvisational piano EP and showed up to the Met Gala with an entire piano on his back. It serves as the follow-up to his 2023 flute album New Blue ...
In bomb shelters, makeshift clubs, and even occasionally on the front lines, Ukrainian jazz artists are keeping the flame of the music alive. The story of jazz in Ukraine is long and winding, ...
Metallica's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." "The first three Black Sabbath albums are like gospel. Everyone kind of universally agrees. They ...
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