Ace Records (UK) plan the release of a compilation disc featuring Jackie DeShannon , whose “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” a memora...

The 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin's arrival on the popular music scene is set for a major celebration in 2011. Signed to Columb...

In celebration of the 20th anniversary, six time Grammy winner and multi-Platinum artist John Legend will headline this year's Saint Luc...

ThejaZZVnU, a private internet radio station, recently debuted a 24/7 streaming music website specifically geared towards jazz. With six dif...

Smooth Jazz New York kicks off Valentine’s weekend with A Valentine’s Cruise with Phil Perry featuring two special sailings and performances...

Virgin UK will release a 3CD Box of selected works by Tangerine Dream when the band were at their peak. With albums like Stratosfear (1976)...

Aloe Blacc – You Make Me Smile Bad Jazz Troupe – Looking For Jupiter Ben L’Oncle Soul – Ben L’Oncle Soul Best Of Bossa Lounge (Various Ar...

Smooth Jazz New York has announced that saxophone sensation and six-time Grammy nominee Dave Koz will take the stage along with keyboard art...

The new year kicks off with more than a dozen new releases in the Icon series from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) featuring great artists...

Wow - can you believe this, a radio station flipping to smooth jazz - YES! The smooth jazz radio netwwork known as Broadcast Architecture ha...

Well here we go again as yet another Smooth Jazz radio station is gone. 98.9FM KWJZ in Seattle has flipped formats to what they are calling ...

After 25 years, Simply Red is now simply over; the British soul-pop band played their final show at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday, Decemb...

IT MUST BE MAGIC Arguably the best album that Teen Marie did for Motown – and a tasty batch of modern soul tracks that proves to the world ...

Grammy Award-nominated singer–songwriter–producer, Teena Marie has died.  Nicknamed Lady Tee, (sometimes spelled Lady T), was a protégée of ...

The Illinois-born singer/songwriter got her professional start as a dancer and backup singer, playing Vegas and touring internationally behi...

The 2011 Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by US Bank will be held Friday, February 18 through Sunday, February 2...

A brand new soul compilation The Motown Party 2011 is described as a colourful journey through Motown with modern interpretations of classi...

Jasper Høiby’s jazz trio Phronesis, first live CD Alive (Edition) being chosen as ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ by both Jazzwise and Mojo magazi...

World music superstars lend their support to the latest release from USA For Africa titled We Are The World/United In Song, a digital comp...

On January 11, 2011, Joe Lovano Us Five will release Bird Songs , an exploration of the Charlie Parker songbook and the Grammy-winning saxop...

JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series , one of America's leading performing arts and education programs announces the formation of a new...

Just six months after the release of his debut album, Water , vocalist Gregory Porter has just been nominated in the Best Jazz Vocal Album c...

FREDDIE HUBBARD – RED CLAY Amazing work from Freddie Hubbard – one of his best albums ever! The title cut's a classic, but all cuts on ...