"Lady Sings the Blues" is much more than a song—it’s the title of Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography and a window into the life of one of jazz’s most iconic voices.

Lady Sings the Blues is one of Billie Holiday’s signature recordings, and it’s a masterclass in vocal jazz. From the opening ...

Film drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" may be set in the racially divided United States of the 1920s and was written almost 40 ...

Ranking the greatest female singers of all time is no easy task – and yes, we already know this list might spark a few ...

From meditative new chapter from a favorite musician to a '90s alt-rock inspired album that explores the modern age, our ...

The moment was triumphant—Mick Jagger inviting Irma Thomas onstage with the Rolling Stones last April at Jazz Fest and then joining… – Mark Guarino This guide should help in choosing from the panoply ...

The world had never seen anything quite like Cyndi Lauper when she debuted with 1983’s She’s So Unusual. The ever-changing hair colors and eccentric outfits, combined with Lauper’s four-octave vocal ...

(MADISON, NJ) -- All six New Jersey Jazz Society 2025 Scholarship Winners will perform live on Sunday, November 2, 2025 in a Jersey Jazz LIVE! concert at the Madison Community Arts Center. They will ...

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For a large number of musicians, those brief run-ins with the law would serve as their own turning points or outright cautionary tales. Some of the musicians were able to transform the experience into ...