The Newport City Council will take up a lengthy agenda on Wednesday evening that includes setting dates for the 2026 Newport ...

In a rare interview, Wes Montgomery revealed the insecurities that forced his retreat from jazz, even as he was celebrated as ...

The 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown introduced the history of the Newport Folk Festival to an entirely new generation of music fans. But recreations of the 1963, 1964, and 1965 festivals were ...

“I don’t know where jazz is going,” legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk once said. “Maybe it’s going to hell.” Well, the devil and the damned are gonna have to wait because the Montreux ...

Jack DeJohnette, the acclaimed jazz drummer known for his influential work with Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, has died at age 83 from congestive heart failure, according to his personal assistant. A ...

Joni Mitchell has had her fair share of bad gigs over her decades-long career, some of which inspired her most enduring songs, including one perfect for the autumnal transition that she wrote after a ...

It’s a chance to get an early glimpse at award contenders, mingle with Hollywood heavyweights and rising stars and be transported through the art of storytelling on the big screen. The 26th annual ...

Celebrating its 26th year, the Newport Beach Film Festival is continuing the legacy of highlighting upcoming voices and industry veterans as one of the defining film festivals in Southern California ...

The 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival attracted over 300,000 attendees to downtown and midtown Detroit. A global livestream audience of 1.5 million people from 43 countries tuned in to the event. The ...

From 1963 to 1966, a team of filmmakers shot nearly 80 hours of footage of the Newport Folk Festival, documenting performances, interviewing attendees, and capturing the festival’s changes as rock ...

Is Joni Mitchell a jazz artist? Short answer: No. Long answer: No, but... Nevertheless, there's a new box set, 61 tracks and just under five hours long, called Joni's Jazz that pulls tracks from ...

The Newport Festivals Foundation has announced Christian McBride’s resignation as Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival. McBride, the nine-time Grammy-winning bassist and composer, has served ...