It's not difficult to think of great blues artists—there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists—and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the ...

Regina Carter has been widely hailed as the finest violinist in jazz. But that only tells part of the story for this Detroit native, whose past collaborators range from Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin ...

As an electric violinist, Heather "Lil' Mama" Hardy has sharpened her skills in a variety of forums. Classically trained, Hardy attended the Manhattan School of Music, performed regularly in New York ...

Mt. Zion AME Church in Millburn opens the new year with a powerful and joy‑filled 1st Sunday Blues & Blessings celebration, featuring the incomparable Charisa the Violin Diva—a radiant artist whose ...

At first, Basil Alter shied away from talking about being one of only three U.S. violinists selected as a semifinalist in a violin competition in China this summer. That’s because to him, being ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus were in the same high school music class. Wil started with strings, and branched out to other instruments and vocals. Black Violin is what they've done ...

Marshall Wyatt remembers well acquiring his itch for the fiddle blues. Some of the details are hazy, but he’ll never forget that record. It was 30 years ago, in Raleigh, N.C. It was a Saturday, which ...