This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...
Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one, Davis took his place in the pantheon by ceaselessly seeking and often ushering in the “next thing” in jazz ...
When Detroit's Gerard Gibbs posted a brief online tribute to honor the late Jack DeJohnette, it also revealed Gibbs' love for ...
How Swedish musician and composer Anna von Hausswolff found kindred spirits in rebels and disruptors to create her most ...
Opinion

Democrats in the wilderness

After the 2024 defeat, the Democratic Party is struggling to find its voice, torn between progressivism, populism and a longing for authenticity.
BAFTA winner Fay Greaves captured the nation’s attention on the BBC’s first series of The Traitors. Where her sharp mind, ...
Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.
I was playing piano in public when this guy asked me to play Careless Whisper. A few seconds later, he pulled out his saxophone… and it became a spontaneous duet. No rehearsal, no plan — just music in ...
This is not a concert, it’s a spiritual practice!,” the Louisiana bandleader announced while performing under a canopy that ...
The Bhagavad Gita offers timeless wisdom about how to live well, find inner peace, and experience lasting joy. Rather than promising happiness through wealth, status or external success, it guides us ...
On Thursday, Senate Democrats voted for the 10th time to prolong the federal government shutdown. They also voted against funding the military, thereby necessitating that the Pentagon initiate some ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Reports of fraud are grabbing headlines. Fraud we will always have with us. But it happens more ...