A Swinging Birdland Christmas returned to Birdland Jazz Club this week for its 16th consecutive season, continuing its status ...

Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, said the organization will seek $1 million ...

True, the composer Henry Mancini, another Italian American musician, shared a love of jazz via his hip theme song for the ...

Jhené Aiko, Ludacris and Nelly and Ashanti will headline the upcoming Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival. The 2026 iteration ...

Rosemary Westwood from member station WWNO asked a few of New Orlean's favorite musicians about the songs they like to listen ...

The host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance canceled Wednesday’s concert, citing the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President ...

Detroit jazz artist Karim Gideon died on Wednesday Dec. 24. But not without leaving a legacy in the metro Detroit jazz ...

As both a music critic and a seasonal fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, here are a half dozen essentials.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from November onwards, and the uncouth younger sibling of the traditional carol.

For the holiday, Craft Recordings is releasing a series of collectible vinyl reprintings of the A Charlie Brown Christmas ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...