The 1920s, often called the “Jazz Age,” was a significant period for jazz music, characterized by the emergence of influential artists who shaped the genre. This decade saw the rise of Louis Armstrong ...

Anyone who watches “Boardwalk Empire,” about Atlantic City during the 1920s, when corruption ruled the boardwalk and Prohibition was basically ignored there, is familiar with Brooklynite Vince ...

VAIL – The Ford Amphitheater will transform into a Cuban dancehall tonight when Boulder-based Fraga brings its unique blend of 1920s’ jazz and Cuban/Jamaican dancehall music to the third installment ...

Any “Great Gatsby” party needs a good playlist. Here are 10 great jazz tunes that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s hero might have cued up in the Roaring ’20s: James P. Johnson, “Carolina Shout” (1921) The ...

This story appears in Birmingham magazine's July 2016 Issue. Subscribe today! "Southern Artists To Make Records," the headline announced: "Making Of Phonograph Discs Is Birmingham's Latest Industrial ...

Bias and fake news were always with us: The classic comedy “The Front Page” reminds us as it creates a snapshot of the fast-paced, rough-and-tumble world of Chicago journalism in the 1920s. The play ...

Throughout his career, English musician Bryan Ferry has been one of popular music's most forward-looking performers. His band Roxy Music remodeled rock into an artsy, cosmopolitan sound in the early ...