Music festivals today operate much like the traditional celebrations of the past, creating shared rituals and collective experiences that bind communities together. Research shows that music festivals ...

Music is one of the few mediums that can often transcend taboo, language differences and societal stratification. Global Voices interviewed Halldor Kristínarson, founder of the activism and music ...

A key piece of the jazz studies program at the University of Northern Colorado returns to view next weekend when the 53rd UNC-Greeley Jazz Festival plays for three days on UNC campus. Described as an ...

Music just isn’t like other mediums. Somehow it has the ability, tantamount to magic, of drilling deeper within, tickling deeply entrenched emotions we perhaps didn’t realise we could feel. A melody ...

Now, let me preface this by saying I love all types of music: blues, rock, metal, classical, hip-hop, soul/r&b, etc. I would suspect that most reading this probably have a great affinity for all ...

"I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)" opens with the sound of the instrument that connects Zydeco with other forms of music that originated in and around Louisiana: the accordion. It's followed by the ...

One other interesting thing of course is those both of you performed in the band as a counterpoint to Dickey. So I’d imagine that in certain tunes you’ll have to rethink your approach. It should be a ...