On Thursday, having just watched a touring production of “Hadestown,” I was wondering aloud when a McCain Auditorium audience would get to see a recent musical that wasn’t insistently sad.

The Lowest Pair is an American folk duo made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, known for their intertwined vocal ...

Nicknamed “Creole,” Guesnon replaced more seasoned musicians in New Orleans orchestras in the late 1920s and 1930s. He played with Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra, Willie Pajaud’s band and ...

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Even the very best jazz guitarists rarely receive the attention and plaudits that the genre’s horn blowers – saxophonists and trumpeters, in particular – receive. Perhaps that’s because, traditionally ...