The Branford Marsalis Quartet and vocalist Dianne Reeves bring their Coltrane centennial tribute, built around his 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman, to the Ordway on Oct. 17 — part of a new ...

John Lennon had solo hits before the Beatles even broke up. Here's a countdown of his 40 best songs, from "Instant Karma!" to "Imagine" and beyond.

While it may seem like a natural fit, paying tribute to jazz great John Coltrane on the centennial of his birth wasn’t really on Branford Marsalis’s radar for 2026.

The long-awaited deep dive box set look at the Fab Four's 1965 classic, "Rubber Soul," is finally here. We take a look at ...

Some albums were so unforgettable and iconic that they turned the venues where they were recorded into landmarks of music history. Here are five worth knowing.

Philly Music Fest hits its 10th year with a mystery headliner, a reunited mathcore band, and a MacArthur genius closing the ...

Guitarist Jan Akkerman recalls the creation of a truly bizarre ’70s rock classic – Hocus Pocus by Focus!

Hocus Pocus by Dutch progressive rock group Focus was a top 10 hit in the US and a top 20 hit in the UK. And as the band's former guitarist Jan Akkerman says, it was the product of a whole host of ...

J ust because we’re deep in autumn’s serenade for John Coltrane’s 100th birthday doesn’t mean we can’t break off some love ...

Members at the time of release (assigned parts) Alice Coltrane: Harp, Organ Jimmy Garrison: Bass (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5) Jack DeJohnette: Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 4) Cl ...

You could say the latter-day Freedom Riders, a band formed at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest, is keeping the activists’ ...

Darren Criss, Mavis Staples, Samara Joy and Second City are part of Germantown Performing Arts Center's 32nd annual season, ...