Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

The December tradition, which dates to 2001, continues, starting on Christmas night once again. The Twin Cities-launched modern-jazz standard-bearers have settled in with the lineup of cofounders Reid ...

Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the ...

If you ever find yourself at a Bedford Falls’ live show, the first thing you’ll notice is the unmistakable connection between the band and the audience. Their performances are ...