What We Loved At Winter Jazzfest 2016
After wading through more music than one person can possibly see, here's how six different writers (and a photographer) remember this year's edition of a glorious annual overload.
Music
World Cafe Presents: 'Side Tracks'
World Cafe revisits sessions recorded with artists who brought their side projects along.
Comedian Jon Benjamin's Jazz Album Is Full Of 'Real, Untapped Un-Talent'
Best known as the lead voice on Bob's Burgers and Archer, Benjamin has no expertise in jazz music. "It's a real insult to people who try," he says of Well, I Should Have ... Learned How To Play Piano.
Remembering Blowfly, Black Music's Filthiest Legend
Clarence Reid was a successful Miami singer-songwriter and producer, but his raunchy alter ego influenced rappers, gave Weird Al purpose and created a unique (and uniquely profane) musical legacy.
Music Review: 'I Long To See You,' Charles Lloyd
Tom Moon reviews the new album from 77-year-old jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You.
River Whyless: Tiny Desk Concert
The North Carolina band uses a typewriter for rhythm, a toy piano for whimsy and a harmonium for mood, as well as a gong, multiple odd percussive accents and subtle guitar effects.
Co-Founder Of The Eagles Glenn Frey Dies At 67
The Rock and Roll community has lost another musician. Glenn Frey, who was a founding member of The Eagles, died Monday in New York of complications from arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. He was 67.
World Cafe Next: Eliza Hardy Jones
The longtime Philadelphia musician emerges as a solo artist on her first album, Because Become.
Viking's Choice: Milk Teeth, 'Swear Jar (Again)'
The Bristol grunge-punk band's chunky, Big Muff'd guitars are played at a slo-mo headbanger's pace.
opbmusic Presents: DIIV
Watch the Brooklyn guitar band segue from "Yr Not Far" into "Dopamine," a frank song about addiction.