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Brian Simpson, a chart-topping pianist, and composer, known for his genre-defying musical style, is ready to take his ...

While his early work leaned heavily on pianos and gospel music, guitars are prominent on Sunset Black. Smooth, jazz-inflected ...

In the cinematic universe of Something about April III, the third installment of composer Adrian Younge’s seminal musical ...

Nnenna Freelon is one of those jazz singers I can listen to and never tire of feeling the warmth insulated in her every note ...

“Rock’n’roll is theft,” as the venerable scribe Nick Tosches put it, a sentiment which gets cited explicitly and echoed ...

Skidmore College is a predominantly white institution (PWI); this much has always been clear to the student body. We strive ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, we explore what race means in the 21st century. Marcia and Millie Biggs say they’ve never been subjected to racism ...

The easiest answer to the question of “What should I wear to work?” is a pair of black pants. Even though I’ve been working from home for a few years now, black pants were my uniform when I ...