A note to those who feel, not without merit, that popular culture is getting so stiflingly politically correct and even “woke” that it is being strangled to death: In 1989, when I published my book ...

SPECIAL: Night Train joins in with Global Village to celebrate International Cello Day. We’ll highlight jazz cello in hour ...

Billboard named her the most popular female band vocalist of 1939, and she was the first to record the classic "Over the Rainbow." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bea Wain, a hit-making pop vocalist in ...

If memory serves, Woody Herman was once quoted as saying "it's tough to be a canary," or words to that effect. "Canary" of course, was just one of the many euphemisms used for female big band singers ...

Bohuslän Big Band is one of Northern Europe’s foremost big bands and an essential part of the Scandinavian jazz scene. The big band collaborates with national and international artists and composers ...