Mumbai witnessed a rare, genre-defying musical evening on Saturday as singer-composer Papon took the stage for Shaam-e-Mehfil, delivering a concert th.

The 2026 Waterfront Blues Festival lineup dropped this morning. If you’re not feeling particularly patriotic in this 250th ...

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who first became a New Orleans musician of note when his trombone was taller than he was, is turning 40 this year. He's celebrating in a big way. On April 25, the first ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When Gigi Perez took to the stage at the Austin City Limits Festival earlier this month, it felt like the universe ...

Another year, another Chicago Symphony season opening without a music director on the continent. The years-ahead planning tempo of the world’s biggest classical music organizations means Klaus Mäkelä, ...

New Orleans musician Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty founded the Trombone Shorty Foundation to support young musicians in the city in the wake of Katrina. The foundation provides music education, ...

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other ...

Paul McCartney has always been a true student of the musical craft. Given his and The Beatles‘ diverse catalog of music, it seems McCartney never closed himself off from any particular genre of music.

It’s a breezy spring morning in Topanga Canyon, where Enrique Bunbury sits in his spacious home studio doing something entirely unexpected, even a bit subversive: instead of complaining about Los ...

This post is part one of a series. Recently, I have had an increase in the number of students, teachers, and professional brass students who have written to ask me about a hesitation in commencing to ...

This post is part three in a series. In previous posts, I discussed the concept of musical stuttering and described the initial phase of working with a student to correct the issue. Here, I continue ...

Vatican City, May 8, 2025 — Before ascending to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost led a surprising double life: acclaimed theologian by day, and celebrated jazz trombonist by night.