Researchers are studying how music can help those living with dementia connect to others and the world around them.

Rob Frith started Neptoon Records in a storefront on Fraser Street near 41st Avenue in 1981. In 2000, he relocated to 3561 Main St.

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far beyond its point of origin.

These three songs created new genres, or at the very least, popularized them. And each of them still has heavy listening ...

For Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison kicks off a weekly series with a deep dive into the history ...

In 1976, music thrived in diversity, with Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad about a shipwreck and McCartney's playful love ...

More than two hours into a sold-out concert at Austin’s Paramount Theatre last week, a tall, graceful woman strolled onto ...

"A White Jewish producer, and the greatest Black jazz singer of all-time, and an all-Black band, working together to produce art," Crystal says ...

Five days after the all-star Clifton Chenier tribute album A Tribute to the King of Zydeco won a Grammy Award for best regional roots music album, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Arhoolie Records ...

The James Bazen Big Band returned to the world famous Blues Alley in January to a packed house, filling the storied room with ...

The neighborhood of Alfama, Lisbon is the oldest and most authentic in the city with winding cobblestone streets and charm on ...