Today for Music Education Monday, you can watch the veteran bassist Rufus Reid as he leads a workshop in jazz rhythm section performance with students at Loyola University New Orleans. A California ...

ATLANTA — Barry Bailey, guitarist of the iconic rock bank Atlanta Rhythm Section, has passed away. The storied musician was 73 years old at the time of his passing. The Decatur native passed away in ...

Look, let’s face it. There is a hierarchy to rock band members. The frontman or woman is always gonna get the most praise, as they are the most front-facing member. Next on the pyramid is the ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

They are usually never mentioned in the same breath as “Southern Rock” contemporaries like the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, or the Outlaws. They did ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...