Williams has played the renowned Chicago Blues Festival multiple times, and on Friday, February 27, 2026, at FitzGerald’s in ...

In this lesson, we reimagine folk, jazz, blues and Celtic music for a blues roadmap that takes the road less traveled ...

Learn how to make a fabric box with a free sewing pattern. Get organized with this fun beginner sewing project! I love to clean out and organize. It always makes my house feel fresh and clean. While I ...

I didn’t walk into a Guitar Center Standalone Store — I simply called GuitarCenter.com expecting simply to buy a Yamaha S35 keyboard for my 11‑year‑old pianist daughter. What I didn’t expect was to be ...

ESSENCE Senior Beauty & Style Editor Akili King believes ‘glow’ is more than skin deep. In The Ritual Report, she shares personal healing practices—from acupuncture for skin and grounding benefits to ...

There's nothing quite like "that great Gretsch sound". The luminous, sparkling highs, the sweet mid-range and the room-filling low end of the best Gretsch guitars have captivated musicians and ...

At the Dance Reflections festival, Nacera Belaza, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Noé Soulier all attempted some form of going back to basics. Results varied.

The composer and musician Raphael Saadiq, nominated for best score and best song at the Oscars this year, talk to THR about collaborating for Ryan Coogler’s film. By Ethan Millman Music Editor “Who am ...

A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

Hamburg pianist-composer David August delves into very similar terrain to the above on his fifth album, Hymns, on the 99Chants label, although his music is, perhaps, more influenced by classical ...