WBRE Wilkes-Barre on MSN

Remembering legendary trumpeter Bobby Baird

Mourners are pausing to remember a legendary trumpeter from northeastern Pennsylvania who performed for eight decades. A ...
France 24 on MSN

Trumpet player Takuya Kuroda on the New York jazz scene and his genre-blending style

Currently touring Europe, jazz musician and trumpet player Takuya Kuroda sits down with FRANCE 24 to speak about his ...
American Songwriter

3 Blues Albums From the 1970s That Simply Don’t Get Enough Praise

Thanks to bands such as The Eagles and Led Zeppelin, these three blues albums from the 1970s are overly slept on.
National Hockey League

Chase to receive True Blue Award at Blues Hall of Fame induction

The St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame committee announced today that former Blues forward and radio analyst Kelly Chase will be ...

'You just had all these moments': Augustin and Thompson release 'Just Me and Bob' on WVU's Mon Hills Music Group label

Fall doesn't have to be fleeting. Autumn can be wondrously eternal, in fact, if you let it. On a sun-dappled day back in October 2023, in the polished, wood-accented library of Waldomore, the ...

“My legs began to shake and my fingers cramped": What it’s like to play the trumpet non-stop for 25 hours

But the endurance champion of them all has to be Kuzhalmannam Ramakrishnan, an Indian percussionist and teacher who back in ...