GREAT MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME is a tribute to the work of filmmaker Christopher Nupen, who emerged in the 1960s as a pioneer of a new genre of classical music film. Using the first lightweight, silent ...

Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in ...

There's not much one can do about being tall. You either are or you aren't. Being a tall musician doesn't really have any creative or practical perks that we can think of, apart from maybe being able ...

Huddled among a group of Sri Lankan gem dealers at the GJX show in Tucson in February, the Bangkok-based dealer Lambert Vissot pulled a handful of baggies from his pocket and handed them to this ...

He was a musician whose songs carried sweet melodies, humour and moral lessons; crafted in Kiswahili. Through his distinctive voice and lyrical storytelling, Chiriku Maneti became one of the most ...

The Berklee College of Music poll also reveals that more than a quarter of artists use it for backing tracks in the final product. By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Technology and Politics As the ...

The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the US, citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force. The sanctions announced Thursday ...