In the Country

There is nothing in the world like New Orleans annual Jazz & Heritage Festival , a veritable smorgasbord of music, culture, food, costume, people and energy, native to the Crescent City but descended upon by people from the four corners of the globe, The numerous events that take place at night (and well into the morning) throughout the duration of the Fest are of equal interest to many festival-goers. Read More

Jimmie McGriff, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith -- "Man, he was a beast!"Read More

The 26th Annual Jazz Reggae Festival was held on the Intramural Field of the spacious campus of UCLA, Memorial Day Weekend. Read More

"When you invited me to join your event, I was hoping I would fit in," said Chief Golden Light Eagle, a member of the Ihunktowan Dakota Nation, looking out over the crowd of festivalgoers dressed in Burning Man-inspired attire. Read More

Killer Mike is like a personal trainer for the soul, bellowing commands at you to try harder, not letting you get up from the chest press until you're sweating buckets, blowing his whistle more times than a ref when Lebron goes up for a layup. Read More

Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of people have enjoyed the many voices the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival has brought to the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington. Read More

"When you invited me to join your event, I was hoping I would fit in," said Chief Golden Light Eagle, a member of the Ihunktowan Dakota Nation, looking out over the crowd of festivalgoers dressed in Burning Man-inspired attire. Read More

Asheville, North Carolina (PRWEB) May 30, 2012 The summer music season in Asheville, North Carolina launches June 30 and runs through September 1, as the 46th annual Shindig on the Green joins the Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival – the nation's longest running folk festival now in its 85th year, to showcase Southern Appalachia's traditional mountain musicians and dancers. Read More

Opening in theaters on June 15th is the big screen adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages, which was directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray). Read More

No history of American folk and country music would be complete without a mention of blind guitar wizard Doc Watson, who has died at the age of 89. Read More