Odd Gjelsnes' Norwegian label, Losen Records, has been incredibly prolific in recent years, releasing a staggering amount of quality albums. However, with so much music, it is hard to keep up with the ...

During an interview Friday afternoon on the New Orleans Jazz Fest's Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, Jerry Douglas told author Tom Piazza that during the nearly 50 years he has been playing, he has ...

Buddy Emmons, an innovative pedal steel guitarist who toured with the Everly Brothers, Ray Price and Ernest Tubb and was one of the first to bring the instrument into the jazz and rock genres, died ...

Who could have imagined that a few serendipitous events on a remote Pacific island in the 19th century would fundamentally change American music. In 1832 Hawaii's king brought Mexican cowboys to the ...

During just a few December days, Bates College’s Olin Arts Center is home to music including jazz, steel pan, orchestral pop and — from the hands of acclaimed Swedish musician Göran Söllscher — ...

For almost eight years, I’ve wanted to write about Jerry Byrd’s Steel Guitar Favorites. “What took so long,” you ask? Well, it doesn’t make the job easy if there are no informative liner notes and ...

Part of the joy of Jazz Fest is being blown away by someone unexpected. I had that twice yesterday: – Yvette Landry‘s set in the Lagniappe Tent was a beautiful surprise, and not just because she had a ...

Buddy Emmons, who died yesterday in Nashville at age 78, achieved the kind of exalted position among musicians and listeners that few instrumentalists in the history of country music have equaled. In ...

WASHINGTON — Buddy Emmons, an innovative pedal steel guitarist who toured with the Everly Brothers, Ray Price, and Ernest Tubb and was one of the first to bring the instrument into the jazz and rock ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Influential pedal steel guitarist Buddy Emmons, who recorded with country music greats and toured as a bass player for Roger Miller, has died at age 78, the Nashville ...

Acclaimed pianist Jeff Hellmer will present a Sunset Jazz show on July 6. Courtesy photo As part of Jazz Fest 2025, Jazz Maui will host three concerts paying tribute to how Hawaii influenced popular ...