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In Pictures

Lizz Wright at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days

by Marek J. Śmietański
July 21, 2026

A collection of photos from the Lizz Wright concert at Club Stodoła in Warsaw on July 2, 2026 featuring Kyle Miles, Marlon Patton, Adam Levy and Kenny Banks. Other photo reports from the same festival: Tomoki Sanders at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Adrian Younge at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jowee Omicil at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Mammal Hands at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Black Lives at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days.. Look for the rest soon... ...

Radio & Podcasts

Douyé, Ali Ryerson, Carolyn Lee Jones, Kris Davis, Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Bria Skonberg, Tom Ricci, Roni Ben-Hur & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 20, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Douyé, Ali Ryerson, Carolyn Lee Jones, Kris Davis, Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Bria Skonberg, Tom Ricci and Roni Ben-Hur, plus birthday shoutouts to Mavis Staples, Carol Morgan, Amber Weekes, Hey Rim Jeon, Mira Choquette, Lezlie Harrison, Lolivone de la Rosa, Nancy Erickson Lamont and Honorable Man Billy Eckstine, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and ...

Radio & Podcasts

Somi, Theo Bleckmann, Carmen Lundy, Duchess And More!

by Jua Howard
June 29, 2026

Greetings Music Family! I hope you all are taking care of yourselves and protecting your peace. It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a lot of new music including from Somi, Emilie-Claire Barlow,Duchess, Hannah Gill, Marianne Solivan and Lisa Rich. I've also got more timeless music to share including from Betty Carter, Saje, Theo Bleckmann, Andrea Claburn, John Tbone" Paxton , Carmen Lundy and many more. Come get lost in the music with me!

Opinion

The Culture War - Springsteen, Brooks and The American People

by Thomas Cole
February 1, 2026

On January 30, 2026, the NY Times featured the final opinion column by David Brooks, and two days before I heard Bruce Springsteen's first (and probably not his final) “protest" song. Somehow, they seem incontrovertibly linked in, to and with the history of this country. And to the very core of the human experience. Bruce Springsteen's song, apparently recorded in his home studio, unveils the soul of a pop star beyond his intermittent statements reported in the press. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Celebrating Jazz Capricorns Cab Calloway, Lil Green, Rachel Z, Janice Friedman, Chris McNulty, Camille Thurman & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 5, 2026

This broadcast nods to the New Year with holiday singles from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Beth Falcone & Ritt Henn, plus birthday shoutouts to Jazz Capricorns Cab Calloway, Lil Green, Rachel Z, Janice Friedman, Chris McNulty and Camille Thurman, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning ...

Live Review

Mavis Staples at The Carver

by Katchie Cartwright
November 30, 2025

Mavis StaplesThe Carver Community Cultural CenterJo Long Theatre San Antonio, Texas November 21, 2025 As liner notes to her 2025 album, Sad and Beautiful World (Epitaph Records) rightly maintain, “Few people wield the combination of moral authority and musical artistry that Mavis possesses." The sounds that come out of her mouth seem to emanate directly from her soul. At age 86, Mavis Staples is still in command of the sublime and earthy voice that ...

Multiple Reviews

The Genius of Ray Charles is on display in this four-album Tangerine Records Master Series

by Bridget A. Arnwine
November 25, 2025

Ray Charles Robinson, known the world over as multi-award-winning icon Ray Charles, may have departed this world, but his music endures thanks in part to the Ray Charles Foundation. Recently, the Foundation released four albums as part of the Tangerine Records Master Series. Those albums which include Come Live with Me, Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul (1963), Love Country Style (1970), and No One Does It Like Ray Charles were released as individual projects throughout 2025. While Ingredients in ...

In Pictures

SFJAZZ Fall Season Kickoff 2025

by Ronald Davis
October 5, 2025

A collection of photos from the Blind Boys of Alabama, Cory Henry and Stella Heath concerts at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on September 7, 2025 featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama, Cory Henry and Stella Heath. ...

Live Review

The Blind Boys of Alabama at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
September 14, 2025

Blind Boys of Alabama w/Cory Henry Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California September 7, 2025 It was the kind of Sunday afternoon that settles on a room like a benediction. Folks looked as if they'd come straight from church--pressed jackets, careful shoes, a woman down front wearing a black sweater stitched with the word “FAITH," the letters bright with sequins that caught every glint of stage light. The musicians would add the rest.

Radio & Podcasts

Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn, Allan Harris & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 21, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn and Allan Harris, with birthday shoutouts to Mavis Staples, Carol Morgan, Carolyn Leonhart, Suzanne Pittson, Marina Albero, Iris Ornig and Honorable Man Billy Eckstine, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the ...