People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...

Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

A rising blues singer and saxophonist whose three albums in five years has gotten her nominated for five Blues Music Awards, will headline downtown Allentown’s 12th annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue ...

CHICAGO — It’s one of the most thrilling musical scenes in a film packed with them: Aretha Franklin sings and struts around her tiny Maxwell Street diner, imploring her musician boyfriend to “Think” ...

The key to a perfect harmony could be right under your nose. A dog aptly named Coyote was listening to someone play a tune on the saxophone when he knew he just had to jump in. Was he trying to ...

My good friend and writer Alan Paul, who I’ve known and worked with for many years, interviewed Dion for the Wall Street Journal and managed to also grab some phone time with Bruce Springsteen, who ...

The Sax Maniacs are bringing their rocking funk band sounds to a special performance in Mount Clemens this weekend. The band has been together for twenty years, and true to their name, you’ll hear a ...