Listen to our experts’ selections from one of jazz’s great labels, with tracks from Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Gato ...

The finalists for Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition just dropped.

Since then, Parra has recorded four albums of Colombian Andean music with his quintet. And, to this day, Parra is following the advice of Piazzolla, his greatest influence. Piazzolla advised his ...

We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music ...

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Opened in December 2025 in Beirut’s upmarket Gemmayzeh neighborhood, Smoky Note is an intimate speakeasy-style venue with low ...

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The bajo quinto and bajo sexto stand as cornerstones of Mexican regional music, delivering the powerful low-end punch and rhythmic drive that define Norteño, Tejano, and Conjunto styles. While these ...

He made the cumbersome bass soar, sing and leap, and became one of few bassists in history to successfully pursue a career outside an orchestra. By Adam Nossiter Gary Karr, a double-bass virtuoso who ...

An internationally-renowned Long Island music store sold valuable bass violins on consignment — and failed to give the owners the millions in proceeds, according to a pair of lawsuits. The instruments ...

"The Brutalist" is the favorite, but don't count out "Conclave" or "Wicked." For “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s VisaVision epic, about the struggle to build an institute in post-World War II ...

When you’ve got Rhonda Smith’s killer combination of Larry Graham-like funk chops, a full-on fusion background, the ability to play just about any kind of bass instrument imaginable, and sheer stage ...