The term “trad music,” short for traditional music, usually describes a type of folk music, though it can apply to other ...

When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...

Annie and the Fur Trappers headline the Bay State Hot Jazz Festival in Medford this weekend. Their front woman spoke to GBH Music about the magic of ‘20s jazz, and what to expect at the free festival.

For the past couple of months, OffBeat has posted a survey on our website, just to get an idea of what our readers like, their opinions on political matters related to music, how they use information ...

That U.S.-hip-sounding line, strangely enough, is as British as “jolly good,” or “raw-ther.” It describes a musical fad that has washed over Britain. “Trad” is traditional jazz, the 1920s variety now ...

Inside the mythic Studio A exhibit at the Motown Museum, you can see an actual Gibson 335 guitar and wah-wah pedal Dennis Coffey would use in recording “Cloud Nine,” “Just My Imagination,” and ...

This year’s top-selling traditional jazz albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. click to see more Send us a tip using our anonymous form. A daily briefing on what matters in the ...

Feb. 13—For Mardi Gras-style, traditional jazz music, look no further than Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they make their way to KiMo Theatre on Friday, Feb. 21. Hailing from the heart of New Orleans, ...

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...

Inside a theatre just off of Bourbon Street, a jazz band grooves for an audience of excited second graders on a field trip. As the music fills the decades-old Preservation Hall, the kids laugh, dance ...

Trumpeter and bandleader Mark Braud was having fun with the audience in the Economy Hall Tent when he played a song off of his 2018 album, "Living the Tradition." "That album just went copper," he ...