Author: Lauren Leadingham

Over 20 lessons across rhythm, lead, and full song deliver hands-on instructions from a world-renowned and GRAMMY®-nominated blues master.

Select spring appearances across New Orleans will feature the group’s Global Music Award-winning album.

Recorded in mono with Charlie Parr and a single ribbon microphone, ‘Blues For Dexter Linwood’ captures Todd Albright channeling pre-war blues with fierce authority and fingerstyle command.

Salgado revisits “20 Years of B.B. King” in a live performance marked by collaboration, memory, and the enduring influence of blues tradition.

Jon Batiste and Josh Harmon reimagine Zelda’s “Song of Storms” as an improvised jazz performance.

A standout preview of Matt North’s forthcoming album, “Visiting Hours” channels the emotional limbo of ICU waiting into a deeply felt studio performance featuring Lynn Canfield and a powerhouse Champaign-Urbana ensemble.

The new performance video spotlights an older Justin Osborne song revived for Susto Stringband (Volume 2).

Kronos Quartet’s ‘Glorious Mahalia’ pairs new compositions and archival audio to honor Mahalia Jackson’s place in the symphony of social justice.

Tracing the music, memories, and mastery of Allen Toussaint across five decades of New Orleans sound and his late-career revival.

Ryan Sollee on sound, emotion, and connecting with audiences on ‘No Tomorrow.’