Though many people think of Celts as being more or less exclusively Irish, their roots run deeper and farther than that fabled green island in the North Atlantic. Scotland, Wales.even parts of France a …

Sounding more like they rolled in from Butcher Holler than their native South Wales, Ffynnon brings a down-homey fiddle and banjo to "Le Petit Cordonier" that will strike a chord with hillbilly and blu …

Today's singer-songwriters are a wildly varied cast of characters - there are sweet-voiced chanteuses (Ingrid Michaelson, Bird York) and down-home storytellers full of gravitas and grit (Kathleen Edwar …

The current crop of singer-songwriters doesn't neglect the singer side of the equation; they've got voices that grab you by the soul and demand both your attention and your heart. Jessie Sykes'  …

Serfa diffcil encontrar un ejemplo mßs conmovedor de patriotismo musical que la interpretaci=n de "MTxico Lindo" en la voz de Jorge Negrete. Pese a que no era mexicana, Rocfo D·rcal fue aceptada como u …

Everything feels a little bit different in New Orleans, especially the music, and Crescent City R&B moves to a different groove than you'll find anywhere else in America. From the sizzling, second-line …

Even though New Orleans R&B came to encompass everything from the Meters' sharp-shooting '70s funk to the bluesy bends of Earl King's six-string, its primary building blocks were the great piano-pounde …

Whether you've been sashaying down Bourbon Street since you were old enough to walk, or you think a second line is where you go for the express checkout in a supermarket, no one can resist the call of  …

With more than a century to its name, New Orleans jazz has meant a lot of things to a lot of music lovers. Wynton Marsalis wouldn't be reeling off the regal riffs of "In the Court of King Oliver" if it …