Celebrate D.C.'s signature sound with Keep the Beat Week at the D.C. Public Library. Enjoy live performances, exhibits, and ...

For one young musician in Santa Barbara, the sound of possibility came in the form of a donated trumpet. For another, it was a violin, perfectly sized for small hands eager to learn. Once sitting ...

Denver’s fourth annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash didn’t quite cross paths with the Colorado premiere of the major motion picture On the Road as originally hoped (the local opening is now scheduled ...

Pete Devine is in his happy place. Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the ...

Octogenarian musician/musicologist David Amram’s ties to the Beats hold strong, especially in San Francisco, where jazz and poetry intersected, and in some ways, he’s one of the last grand old men of ...

Washington, D.C., is now the home of the Go-Go Museum and Café in Anacostia, an institution dedicated to the city’s signature sound and culture. The museum, which opened in February, marks a ...