Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 today.  We hate to think of all the music he would have made if he had lived, but we'd...

We never miss a Newport Folk Festival. Every year there are favorites and surprises, and the unbelievably beautiful setting...

Umphrey's McGee: January 20, 2012

The Chicago outfit show off their formidable chops while stretching out on tunes from...

Claudia is having a hard time finding any DETRACTORS of the Banjo, but we suspect they're out there.  After all, there are...

As one of the greatest jazz vocalists around, Cassandra Wilson has long followed her own path through the wilds of jazz...

When autotune is abused — and yes, Ke$ha, we're looking at you — it's painful. But in the right hands, as aptly demonstrated...

We suspect she's in the minority, but Claudia hasn't watched a single Olympic event, skipped the flashy opening and has no...

Sometimes it felt like we were paying as much attention to the weather radar as the music, but in the end, there was sun.

D...

Day 1 of the Newport Folk Festival actually ended up being Night 1, given the fact that the festival has never (to my...