Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has ...

Nina Simone produced a vital force in music, spanning genres and eras always to reflect the times. But why did she define her sound as "Black classical music"?

Exploring the incredible legacy left by the defiant performer and songwriter Nina Simone, particularly her 1966 song 'Four Women', which typified the era.

For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson of jazz and soul legend Nina Simone and the son of singer and actress ...

Graham Nash talks about losing David Crosby and why there won't be Stills, Nash and Young reunion even though the songs are ...

Nestled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this small town offers a combination of history, culture, and natural beauty ...

Her music is a whirlwind of jazz, soul and gospel, informed by everyone from Nina Simone to Grace Jones. Her name comes from ...

From 1956 to 1971, the FBI engaged in a series of illegal and covert projects that aimed to surveil, infiltrate, disrupt and ...

Join award-winning vocalist Michaele Postell and saxophonist Kendrick Smith for a captivating jazz night Friday, April 11, at ...

Growing up in an 1826 row house helped me recognize the power old places hold: how experiencing them in all their ...

This Chicago blues vocalist is a longtime staple on the current blues scene, having played venues like Kingston Mines, Buddy ...