New Zealand-born jazz trumpet player Lex French, hailed by Radio Canada jazz critic Stanley Pean as “an extraordinary trumpeter,” is fast becoming a bright star on the Canadian jazz scene. French ...

Juliet Varnedoe has a unique American jazz voice sharing the joie de vivre of the Cajun people. New York-based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe developed her musical foundation in the bayou lands of ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...