The 1920s, famously dubbed the “Roaring Twenties,” were a crucible of sonic transformation that forever altered the map of popular music. At a time when the world was still reeling from war and social ...

It has been called New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (a term that most of the musicians playing it despise), and most recently, “trad” (short for “traditional”) jazz. Ever since Benny Goodman exploded onto ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Jack White and Third Man Records have detailed their soundtracks for American Epic, a documentary co-produced by the rocker that focuses on music of the 1920s, the “Big Bang” of popular music. Four ...

The singer and actress takes ET back in time for her latest music video. Leslie Grace is taking fans back in time with her "Bachatica" music video. Only ET was on set to take fans behind the scenes as ...

Around Tin Pan Alley-era Houston, sheet music was exchanged for the most part among music fans and aficionados, versus the then-fragile but burgeoning cylinder records (phonographs). Sadly, the true ...