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Botswana: Thuto Enters Music Scene

Musical talent runs in the family as debut artiste, Thuto Rantao, also jazz artiste, Kearoma Rantao's daughter, has officially made her entrance in the music scene, with debut EP titled, Baloi.
Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued ...
Matt Dacso trained as a tenor saxophonist under the skilled tutelage of Houston jazz legend Martin Langford and is a founding member of the Galveston-based Smooth Touch Quartet. He has played at ...
Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...
For the jitterbug, jazz is an orgy of epileptic exhibitionism. For the casual collegian or cafe socialite it is a moony, soothing stimulus to social pleasures. To a third, and smaller group of jazz ...
In a program consisting of a group of antique Italian pieces, of modern Austrian and German songs, of modern British and modern French songs, Mme. Eva Gauthier, “creature of endless inspirations,” ...