Universal Music Enterprises is releasing a series of albums comprised of essential collector's tracks associated with a classic album fr...

Ever since her appearance at the Obama inauguration, things have been coming up roses for Bettye LaVette. Upcoming is the the May 25 release...

In November of 1970 James Taylor and Carole King first performed together at the Troubadour on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, Cal...

The Verve Music Group, the world's leading jazz label and a division of Universal Music Group, has recently announced a new agreement wi...

Erykah Badu has confirmed dates for her 2010 North American tour, Out My Mind, Just In Time . The tour takes its name from the closing tra...

Bickley Rivera – Chillin’ After Five Butch Harrison – What It Is Chris Botti – In Boston Chris Standring – Blue Bolero David Lanz – Liverpoo...

Long-time Atlantic recording artist Phil Collins has announced the forthcoming release of " Going Back ," a personal labor of lov...

The Carlos Santana Universal Tone Tour 2010 gets underway on June 30 with an initial North American leg running through early August. Carlos...

Baaba Maal @ Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA, May 1 Norah Jones @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q, Austin, TX, May 1 Simply Red @ National Auditorium, ...

Smooth jazz singer Basia has returned to the stage. Luckily for us all both are back this year. Basia has just released her first solo albu...

Antonio Fugura New York Trio – Strong Place Bamboos - 4 Barrio Jazz Gang –Barrio Jazz Gang 2 Bonobo – Black Sands Candice Monique & The ...

New smooth jazz artist Michael J Thomas roared into March with his self-released CD, City Beat , which was warmly welcomed with rave reviews...

The latest Jazz FM release entitled, Funky Sensation , is inspired by the now legendary weekly club event held at Ronnie’s Bar at Ronnie Sc...

Angelique Kidjo follows up her Grammy-winning Djin Djin with Oyo . On this new album, Kidjo collaborates with Bono and with John Legend on ...

Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock 'n' roll and even successful forays into country. But he also...

Nominees for the inaugural American Smooth Jazz Awards have been announced recently, with the awards to be held October 29 at the Blue Chip ...

Corinne Bailey Rae is launching her first North American tour in three years with a sold-out benefit show for Santa Monica-based public radi...

Given the mastery exhibited by Pharez Whitted as a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader on his forthcoming CD Transient Journey , it’s diffic...

Jazz and samba have shared a rich interactive history for the last half-century. In Rio de Janeiro, musicians took note of Chet Baker, Bill ...

John Mayer's fourth album, Battle Studies , debuted at #1 in November 2009 and launched a world tour that has sold out arenas across the...

From her earliest forays into music at the age of four, it was Carole King's destiny to pursue a career as a composer, musician and voca...

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival will present a lineup that in...

The new album from jazz pianist Brad Mehldau sees him re-team with producer Jon Brion for a work that mixes jazz and pop sensibilities. High...

Broadcast Architecture, the researcher and consultant that syndicates the Smooth Jazz Radio Network, adds a new 24/7 format, the Chillout Ra...

R&B singer and songwriter Vivian Green is set to release her long-awaited new album, Beautiful , on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 on E1 Music...