The Lemonheads’ world tour comes to Woodstock and Photay plays Assembly Kingston. Plus, Senegalese jazz by way of New Orleans ...

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.

Every week the space reshuffles itself, hosting something unexpected: a khon dancer framed by candlelight one evening, a jazz ...

Endowed with spectacular range, he played with Miles Davis, led New Directions and Special Edition, and spent decades with ...

How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...

Jack DeJohnette, one of the most daring and dynamic jazz drummers of the last 60 years, with a loose-limbed yet exacting beat ...

Upper-fret access, the DIY way... Do not try this at home. But as the former Deep Purple guitarist explains, you can't stand ...

The Pulitzer-winning composer’s new work, written in 17 movements and focused chiefly on six guitarists, makes use of an ...

Along with Leo Fender, the late Anthony Jackson became one of the most important figures in the history of the electric bass ...

The dynamic drummer worked with jazz innovators and avant-garde pioneers across his career. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento is a production assistant with Weekend Edition.

Was Abdel Halim Hafez, Egypt’s most celebrated classical singer, actually a rockstar?With his crisp black suits and neatly ...

Sun 2, 8pm: Timo Fulbrecht (Fly Magic) project – Germany. (9.30pm) A concert by Hazem Shaheen, leading Egyptian oud player, ...