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 ...

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, ...

The musicians seated closest to him nodded their acquiescence, but a few others were too busy chatting between numbers to have heard, and had to be shushed by their fellows. As Mazzy began quietly ...

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 ...

A live traditional jazz set including such trad jazz standards “Black Bottom” and “That’s A Plenty”, the bluesy “St. James Infirmary” and “Tin Roof Blues”, and the moody ballad “Do You Know What It ...

With the Grammys coming next week and the Oscar nominations out, I've been thinking about the ways the culture industry — including writers like me — throws things into buckets in order to see what ...

Nickel-A-Dance, a concert series now in its 25th year and sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz Centennial, will return for five Sunday afternoon concerts at The Maison on Frenchmen Street. The entire ...

Music lovers are gathering through the weekend for the Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, a celebration honoring the life and contributions of the New Orleans jazz legend. As his legacy is ...

Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being low- key—in terms of popularity and visibility—to ...