THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

I’ve been asked by a few people recently how my 2024 went. I experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows.

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and ...

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year.

Ted Grossman, a long-time host of WLRN's "The Night Train" program, is retiring after nearly 50 years. His last show will be ...

Help Me’ is a hybrid track which shows off the best of both sides of Joni Mitchell at once. Read more about the story behind the song here.

“According to Billboard, Kenny G’s ‘Miracles’ album is the best selling holiday album of all time and for me, his music is a large reason for why I got into ‘smooth jazz’ as a kid and have some of the ...

It is the first week of the year and as the holiday season continues, so does the island’s live music scene. Local musicians ...

Hey, hey, my my... yacht rock fun will never die! We look at the enduring legacy of a subgenre of music once reviled by critics. It's been around so long, you can't help but give it up. We look at a ...

Caney, Kansas, is not known as a hotbed of jazz, not now or in the 1910s. But it was the birthplace of singer-songwriter ...

Jefferson Public Radio Ms. Schafer's creative arrangements and intimate ... Midwest Record "A treat for anyone who considers themselves to be a Jazz aficionado, superb, smooth, evocative vocals, ...