AKRON, Ohio - This weekend the heart of The Rubber City will become a hotbed of hot jazz and hot talk as the 9th annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Fest returns to downtown Akron from Thursday through ...

Welcome to the return of "Better Know a Venue," a regular column highlighting the coolest and coziest places to hear live music in the Valley any day of the week. As an entrepreneur with 40 years ...

And Spotlight On Drums: Art Blakey - Sabu (Horace Silver); Safari; Ecaroh; Prelude To A Kiss; Message From Kenya; Horoscope; Yeah!; How About You; I Remember You; Opus De Funk; Nothing But Soul; ...

Mouthwatering barbecue, vendors and plenty of live music will soon fill Main Street in downtown Brighton. The Brighton Smokin' Rock-N-Blues Festival runs 5-11 p.m. Sept. 5 and 12-11 p.m. Sept. 6. The ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — They were going to name the place Elle’s, after their mother. But when Michael and Peter Labrie fielded an objection from a certain magazine, they changed course and named their new ...

A couple great duet records were recently reissued by Craft Recordings as part of its ongoing series of Latin reissues. Especially exciting is the debut by Panamanian singer/songwriter Ruben Blades, ...

New York — Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar ...

The Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival is expected to return June 17-19 with some of the most noted blues and jazz musicians to be featured on three stages at 117 Mill St. in Gahanna. Presented by the ...